%0 Journal Article
%T Energy Production, the Main Role of Melanin in the Mesencephalon
%A Arturo Sol¨ªs Herrera
%A Ma. Del Carmen Arias Esparza
%A Martha Patricia Sol¨ªs Arias
%J Journal of Applied Medical Sciences
%D 2013
%I Scienpress Ltd
%X The explanation about the function of melanin in the substantia nigra at mesencephalon has been elicited diverse theories, being considered its presence in midbrain only as a by-product of dopamine metabolism. Our discovery of the intrinsic property of melanin to split and re-form the water molecule breaks the ground: the main function of melanin in mesencephalon (and anywhere) is energy production. Thereby melanin is the fundamental source of energy indispensable to dopamine metabolism.
%K Melanin
%K energy
%K photosynthesis
%K hydrogen
%K Parkinson
%U http://www.scienpress.com/Upload/JAMS/Vol%202_2_2.pdf