Parkinson's LRRK2 (IMAGE)

Stanford Medicine

Parkinson's LRRK2

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Neurons (blue) rooted in the substantia nigra provide dopamine (dark green dots) to striatal neurons (red). Stressed dopamine-secreting neurons (blue) emit chemical distress signals (upward arrows). Interneurons (light green) whose cilia (yellow) receive those signals send vitality-restoring growth factors (downward arrows) to the dopamine-secreting neurons.

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Emily Moskal/Stanford Medicine

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