Elevated levels of harman and norharman in cerebrospinal fluid of Parkinsonian patients

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1435-1440

  Kuhn, W ^a,c   Muller Th ^a   Grosse H ^a   Rommelspacher, H ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Harman; Norharman; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; BETA CARBOLINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CARBIDOPA; HARMAN; LISURIDE; NEUROTOXIN; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARBOLINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HARMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXINS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0030462474     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01271257     Document Type: Article

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