The ingredient for the oat snack (market sample which served as a control) comprised whole grain rolled oat, brown sugar syrup, honey, sunflower lecithin, sodium bicarbonate, salt, and sunflower oil
Importantly, the rise in putamen dopamine transporter binding correlated strongly with UPDRS improvement (Spearman r = 0.493, P = 0.001), suggesting that NAC may restore dopaminergic integrity and function in PD (201)
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However, reduction in intake of antioxidant substances may increase the chance of oxidative stress which may lead to cell damage [42]
Animals All mice were maintained under specific pathogen-free conditions at the Prklinisches Experimentelles Tierzentrum (PETZ), Erlangen, Germany and approved by the local ethics authorities of the Regierung of Unterfranken (#55.2-2532-2-424 and #55.2-2532-2-630)
Niwa, M., Nagai, K., Oike, H