Sentences with phrase «dopamine cell loss»

Mice with SNpc dopamine cell loss caused by 6 - hydroxydopamine or 1 - methyl -4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine spend significantly longer amounts of time at the top of the pole (Ogawa et al., 1985; Matsuura et al., 1997).

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And because carotid - body cells make lots of dopamine, they might be able to make up for the loss of the normal dopamine - producing neurons.

It is caused by the loss of brain cells (neurons) that produce dopamine, an essential neurotransmitter that allows neurons to «talk» to each other.

Parkinson's leads to the loss of brain cells that make dopamine, a chemical that helps control body movements.

This is also why levodopa — the chemical building block of dopamine — is the go - to drug for PD: giving the surviving dopamine - producing neurons more building blocks allows them to eke out more dopamine, going a long way toward correcting the subset of PD symptoms that are caused by loss of dopamine - producing cells (particularly in the early stages of the disease).

These symptoms are the result of the loss of specialized cells in an area of the brain called the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) that specialize in producing the chemical signal - molecule dopamine and are responsible for turning off excess firing of neurons that control muscles.