“…Research using experimental models of PD suggests that microglial activation occurs prior to DA neuronal death, but the debate continues on this hypothesis worldwide (Castano, Herrera, Cano, & Machado, ; Su et al, ; Su, Federoff, & Maguire‐Zeiss, ). Activated microglia exert their neurotoxic effects by releasing proinflammatory cytokines, reactive oxygen/nitrogen species, and prostaglandin (Singh et al, ; Wang, Liu, & Zhou, ; Yang et al, ). In CSF of patients with PD, augmented levels of such reactive species and cytokines have been observed (Hirsch, Hunot, Damier, & Faucheux, ; Hunot et al, ; Nagatsu, Mogi, Ichinose, & Togari, ).…”