TH and Parkinson disease: We found that BV promoted motor recovery (behavioral test), protection of dopaminergic neurons from 6-OHDA in the nigrostriatal pathway and prevented astroglial reaction (immunohistochemical analysis of TH+ and GFAP+ cells, respectively), anticipating our assumption that the peptide-rich Africanized BV presents neuroprotective effects in a progressive mouse model of PD.