What is the advantage of having melanin in parts of the central nervous system (e.g. substantia nigra)?
Pigment Cell Biology Section, Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. costing@mail.nih.gov
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D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D008543:Melanins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D010858:Pigmentation; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000378:metabolism
D008543:Melanins; D008670:Metals; C014121:neuromelanin; D007501:Iron