As a main aim we want to focus on the sources of oxidants as key factors in understanding the role oxidants play in the pathogenesis of brain vascular endothelial dysfunction. The question remains whether iron inversion and subsequent radical formation is a primary or secondary event in neurodegenerative disease. Recent research suggests that iron inversion is an initial cause of neuronal cell ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aims of this review is to suggest a new nomenclature and classification system for the diseases currently categorized as neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) or dystonia-parkinsonism, and to discuss the mechanisms implicated in the pathogenesis of these diseases. RECENT FINDINGS NBIA is a disease category encompassing syndromes with iron accumulation and...