Does tyrosinase exist in neuromelanin-pigmented neurons in the human substantia nigra?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 198-200

  Ikemoto, Keiko ^a   Nagatsu, Ikuko ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^a   King, Richard A ^b   Nishimura, Akiyoshi ^c   Nagatsu, Toshiharu ^d  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fujita Heath Univ Sch of Hlth S ^*  (United States)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human; Immunohistochemistry; Melanoma; Neuromelanin; Substantia nigra; Tyrosinase; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROMELANIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEURONS; PIGMENTATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0032480361     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00649-1     Document Type: Article

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