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This introductory paper briefly describes the distribution of dopaminergic neuronal pathways and their main connexions in the human brain, with a special reference to Parkinson’s disease.
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Agid, Y. (1991). Neuroanatomy of Dopaminergic System in the Human Brain. In: Baron, J.C., Comar, D., Farde, L., Martinot, J.L., Mazoyer, B. (eds) Brain Dopaminergic Systems: Imaging with Positron Tomography. Developments in Nuclear Medicine, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3528-3_1
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