Substantia nigra. Illustration showing a healthy substantia nigra in a human brain. The substantia ... [+] nigra plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement. Degeneration of this ...

More information: Tiziano Balzano et al, Neurovascular and immune factors of vulnerability of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons in non-human primates, npj Parkinson's Disease (2024). DOI: 10. ...

Within the human brain, movement is coordinated by ... sends input to the substantia nigra, which is the brain's major ...

Increased sodium and potassium ratios were observed in every region except the substantia nigra, and many of the regions showed increased calcium and ... The scientists analysed tissue donated by 9 ...