Isolation and 13C-NMR characterization of an insoluble proteinaceous fraction from substantia nigra of patients with Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 977-981

  Aime, Silvio ^a   Bergamasco, Bruno ^a   Casu, Mariano ^b   Digilio, Giuseppe ^a   Fasano, Mauro ^a   Giraudo, Sabrina ^a   Lopiano, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

13C NMR spectroscopy; EPR spectroscopy; Neuromelanin; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRAIN EXTRACT; DOPAMINE; LIPOPROTEIN; NEUROMELANIN; PROTEINASE; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MELANIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOPAMINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MELANINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0033626283     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200009)15:5<977::AID-MDS1032>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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