Mechanisms, Clinical Strategies, and Promising Treatments of Neurodegenerative Diseases. 12th International Conference AD/PD<sup>TM</sup> Nice, France, March 18-22, 2015: Abstracts

NURR1 is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily and is a regulatory factor of differentiation, migration and maturation of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. NURR1 plays a crucial role in nigrostriatal dopmaine neuron development and is therefore believed to be associated with the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases linked to the dopamine system of the midbrain