Determination and visualization of damage to striatal dopaminergic terminals in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism by [18F]-labeled 6-fluoro-L-dopa and positron emission tomography.

Authors :: Chiueh CC
Firnau G
Burns RS
Nahmias C
Chirakal R
Kopin IJ
Garnett ES
Source :: Advances in neurology [Adv Neurol] 1987; Vol. 45, pp. 167-9.
Publication Year :: 1987

Subjects :: 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
Animals
Corpus Striatum diagnostic imaging
Dihydroxyphenylalanine metabolism
Macaca mulatta
Parkinson Disease, Secondary diagnostic imaging
Receptors, Dopamine metabolism
Corpus Striatum drug effects
Dihydroxyphenylalanine analogs & derivatives
Parkinson Disease, Secondary chemically induced
Pyridines toxicity
Receptors, Dopamine drug effects
Tomography, Emission-Computed

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