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Abbreviations (cont<strong>in</strong>uation)<br />

GSSH oxidized glutathione<br />

H2O2<br />

hydrogen peroxide<br />

HVA homovanillic acid<br />

IL <strong>in</strong>terleuk<strong>in</strong><br />

iNOS <strong>in</strong>ducible nitric oxide synthase<br />

IP3 <strong>in</strong>ositol triphosphate<br />

JP juvenile park<strong>in</strong>sonism<br />

KO knock-out<br />

LB Lewy body<br />

L-DOPA 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalan<strong>in</strong>e<br />

LN Lewy neurite<br />

LPS lipopolysaccharide<br />

Maneb manganese ethylenebisadithiocarbamate<br />

MAO monoam<strong>in</strong>e oxidase<br />

MAPK mitogen-activated prote<strong>in</strong> k<strong>in</strong>ase<br />

MDA malonodialdehyde<br />

MEF2 myocyte enhancer factor 2<br />

MFB median forebra<strong>in</strong> bundle<br />

mGLUR metabotropic glutamate receptor<br />

Mit mitochondria<br />

MPP + 1-methyl-4-phenyl pyrid<strong>in</strong>ium ion<br />

MPPP 1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxy-piperid<strong>in</strong>e<br />

MPTP 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrid<strong>in</strong>e<br />

MRI magnetic resonance imag<strong>in</strong>g<br />

MSA multiple system atrophy<br />

mtDNA mitochondrial DNA<br />

MTP mitochondrial transition pore<br />

NBM nucleus basalis <strong>of</strong> Meynert<br />

NINDS National Institute <strong>of</strong> Neurological Disorders and Stroke<br />

NMDAR glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor<br />

nNOS neuronal nitric oxide synthase<br />

NO ● / NO nitric oxide<br />

oxygen<br />

O2<br />

O2 ●─ superoxide anion<br />

oatp organic anion transport<strong>in</strong>g polypeptide<br />

● OH hydroxyl radical<br />

6-OHDA 6-hydroxydopam<strong>in</strong>e<br />

ONOO ●─ peroxynitrite

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