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SUBMITTER: Ma C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5494127 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Chaoran C Liu Yesong Y Neumann Samantha S Gao Xiang X
Translational neurodegeneration 20170702
Evidence from epidemiological studies suggest a relationship between cigarette smoking and low risk of Parkinson disease (PD). As a major component of tobacco smoke, nicotine has been proposed to be a substance for preventing against PD risk, with a key role in regulating striatal activity and behaviors mediated through the dopaminergic system. Animal studies also showed that nicotine could modulate dopamine transmission and reduce levodopa-induced dyskinesias. However, previous clinical trials ...[more]