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Dopamine turnover increases in asymptomatic LRRK2 mutations carriers.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 15 Dec 2010
Sossi Vesna, de la Fuente-Fernández Raul, Nandhagopal Ramachandiran, Schulzer Michael, McKenzie Jessamyn, Ruth Thomas J, Aasly Jan O, Farrer Matthew J, Wszolek Zbigniew K, Stoessl Jon A
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Increase in dopamine (DA) turnover was found to occur early in symptomatic Parkinson's disease (PD) and to be functionally related to the dopamine transporter (DAT). The objectives of this study were to examine changes in DA turnover in the asymptomatic PD phase; to compare them with changes in other dopaminergic markers, and to investigate a possible relationship between DAT and DA turnover. Eight subjects from...
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