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Critical step forward in understanding Parkinson's disease and how to treat it

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A new study sheds the light of that dopamine neurons are crucial in pathophysiology of PD " These neurons are pacemakers that continuously fire action potentials regardless of excitatory inputs from other neurons," he adds. "Their pacemaking property is very important to their function and underlies their vulnerability in Parkinson's disease." study notes .

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