Title |
Mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons express a repertoire of olfactory receptors and respond to odorant-like molecules
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, August 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-15-729 |
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Authors |
Alice Grison, Silvia Zucchelli, Alice Urzì, Ilaria Zamparo, Dejan Lazarevic, Giovanni Pascarella, Paola Roncaglia, Alejandro Giorgetti, Paula Garcia-Esparcia, Christina Vlachouli, Roberto Simone, Francesca Persichetti, Alistair RR Forrest, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Paolo Carloni, Isidro Ferrer, Claudia Lodovichi, Charles Plessy, the FANTOM Consortium, Piero Carninci, Stefano Gustincich |
Abstract |
The mesencephalic dopaminergic (mDA) cell system is composed of two major groups of projecting cells in the Substantia Nigra (SN) (A9 neurons) and the Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) (A10 cells). Selective degeneration of A9 neurons occurs in Parkinson's disease (PD) while abnormal function of A10 cells has been linked to schizophrenia, attention deficit and addiction. The molecular basis that underlies selective vulnerability of A9 and A10 neurons is presently unknown. |
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