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Diagram showing that the branching of dopaminergic axons originating in the SNc is quite extensive, innervating several nuclei of the brain. The lesion of dopaminergic neuron cell bodies can thus reduce dopamine transmission in multiple structures, thus causing the motor and nonmotor manifestations of Parkinson’s disease.
