Brain dopamine and the syndromes of Parkinson and Huntington. Clinical, morphological and neurochemical correlations

J Neurol Sci. 1973 Dec;20(4):415-55. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(73)90175-5.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autopsy
  • Basal Ganglia / metabolism
  • Benzoates / metabolism
  • Caudate Nucleus / metabolism
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism*
  • Corpus Striatum / pathology
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / therapeutic use
  • Dopamine / metabolism*
  • Encephalitis / complications
  • Female
  • Globus Pallidus / metabolism*
  • Globus Pallidus / pathology
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Huntington Disease / metabolism*
  • Huntington Disease / pathology
  • Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Rigidity / metabolism
  • Muscle Spasticity / pathology
  • Nerve Degeneration
  • Parkinson Disease / drug therapy
  • Parkinson Disease / etiology
  • Parkinson Disease / genetics
  • Parkinson Disease / metabolism*
  • Parkinson Disease / pathology*
  • Substantia Nigra / metabolism*
  • Substantia Nigra / pathology
  • Tremor / metabolism

Substances

  • Benzoates
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Dopamine