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Oleh Hornykiewicz, a giant in the understanding and treatment of Parkinson disease

Oleh Hornykiewicz (November 17, 1926–May 26, 2020), by demonstrating the loss of dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s disease, introducing the effort to treat the disorder with L-DOPA, and other innovative research, improved the lives of countless individuals and transformed neurology and medical science...

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Autores principales: Zecca, Luigi, Pifl, Christian, Fahn, Stanley, Sulzer, David, Fariello, Ruggero G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7782676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33397996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41531-020-00149-4
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author Zecca, Luigi
Pifl, Christian
Fahn, Stanley
Sulzer, David
Fariello, Ruggero G.
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description Oleh Hornykiewicz (November 17, 1926–May 26, 2020), by demonstrating the loss of dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s disease, introducing the effort to treat the disorder with L-DOPA, and other innovative research, improved the lives of countless individuals and transformed neurology and medical science. Here we celebrate the life and great achievements of an outstanding scientist.
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spelling pubmed-77826762021-01-11 Oleh Hornykiewicz, a giant in the understanding and treatment of Parkinson disease Zecca, Luigi Pifl, Christian Fahn, Stanley Sulzer, David Fariello, Ruggero G. NPJ Parkinsons Dis Editorial Oleh Hornykiewicz (November 17, 1926–May 26, 2020), by demonstrating the loss of dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s disease, introducing the effort to treat the disorder with L-DOPA, and other innovative research, improved the lives of countless individuals and transformed neurology and medical science. Here we celebrate the life and great achievements of an outstanding scientist. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7782676/ /pubmed/33397996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41531-020-00149-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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