Postmortem Evidence of Limbic, Neocortical, and Basal Ganglia Deficits in Parkinson's Disease Dementia.

Authors :: Henchcliffe, Claire
Source :: Neurology Alert. Dec2015, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p30-32. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The article reports that high-performance liquid chromatography and immunoassays was used for the analysis of postmortem brain tissue of patients with Parkinson's disease dementia, which revealed deficits in dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline innervation.

Subjects :: *DOPA
*BASAL ganglia
*CEREBRAL cortex
*DEAD
*DEMENTIA
*DOPAMINE
*CLINICAL drug trials
*LIMBIC system
*NEUROLOGY
*PARKINSON'S disease
*QUALITY of life
*SEROTONIN
*FUNERAL industry
*CONTROL groups
*PATIENT selection
*DISEASE complications

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