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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2019.058

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Paraquat-induced model of Parkinson’s disease and detection of phosphorylated α-synuclein in the enteric nervous system of rats

Stavrovskaya AV, Voronkov DN, Kutukova KA, Ivanov MV, Gushchina AS, Illarioshkin SN
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Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Alla V. Stavrovskaya
Per. Obukha 5, Moscow, 103064; ur.liam@vats_alla

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Funding: this work supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant 19-15-00320).

Acknowledgement: the authors thank their colleagues, Olshansky AS and Yamshchikova NG (the Laboratory of Experimental Pathology of the Nervous System), for their valuable contribution.

Author contribution: Stavrovskaya AV planned the study, analyzed the literature, collected, analyzed and interpreted the obtained data, conducted behavioral tests, administered drugs to the animals, and prepared the draft of the manuscript; Voronkov DN analyzed the literature, analyzed and interpreted the obtained data, prepared brain slides, conducted the histopathologic examination, and prepared the draft of the manuscript; Kutukova KA analyzed the literature, analyzed the obtained data, prepared jejunum slides, carried out the histopathologic examination, and prepared the draft of the manuscript; Ivanov MV prepared jejunum slides and carried out the histopathologic examination; Gushchina AS collected data, administered drugs to the rats, carried out behavioral tests, and monitored the animals’ health as a vet; Illarioshkin SN supervised the study and prepared the draft of the manuscript.

Received: 2019-08-12 Accepted: 2019-08-26 Published online: 2019-09-14
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