(R)salsolinol N-methyltransferase activity increases in Parkinsonian lymphocytes

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 212-216

  Naoi, Makoto ^a   Maruyama, Wakako ^b   Nakao, Naoki ^c   Ibi, Tohru ^c   Sahashi, Ko ^c   Benedetti, Margherita Strolin ^d  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Zambon Group SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N METHYLSALSOLINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOQUINOLINES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031888815     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430211     Document Type: Article

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