Assertion: midbrain | /r/HasProperty | implicated in parkinson’s disease
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text: However, adult mice lacking ERβ display increased vulnerability to neurodegeneration (15, 16), increased anxiety-like behavior (17, 18), perturbed serotonin levels in several brain regions, and lower dopamine levels in the caudate putamen (17), an area of the midbrain implicated in Parkinson’s disease, as well as behavioral deficits related to impaired spatial learning (18, 19).