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Striatal and cortical pre- and postsynaptic dopaminergic dysfunction in sporadic parkin-linked parkinsonism.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2004
Scherfler Christoph, Khan Naheed L, Pavese Nicola, Eunson Louise, Graham Elizabeth, Lees Andrew J, Quinn Niall P, Wood Nicholas W, Brooks David J, Piccini Paola P
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To investigate striatal and cortical pre- and postsynaptic dopaminergic function in parkin-linked parkinsonism, 13 unrelated patients homozygous or compound heterozygous for parkin mutations were studied with [(18)F]dopa and [(11)C]raclopride (RAC) PET. Data were compared with a young-onset Parki...
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