Selected Research Publications: Parkinson’s Disease: Impaired dopamine release and synaptic plasticity in the striatum of PINK1-deficient mice. Kitada et al. PNAS 104: 11441-6 (2007). R1441C mutation in LRRK2 impairs dopaminergic neurotransmission in mice. Tong et al. PNAS 106: 14622-7 (2009). Impaired dopamine release and synaptic plasticity in the striatum of parkin-/- mice. Kitada et al. J Neurochem 110: 613-21 (2009).