A Sympathetic View on Free Radicals in Diabetes
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Neuropathies are severe complications of diabetes. In this issue of Neuron, Campanucci et al. report that hyperglycemia-induced elevation of reactive oxygen species impairs synaptic transmission of sympathetic neurons leading to diabetes-induced dysautonomias. These observations provide new insights into the etiology of diabetic complications and suggest potential novel therapeutic approaches for neuropathies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neuron
دوره 66 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010