Parallel loss of presynaptic and postsynaptic dopamine markers in normal aging

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-147

  Volkow, N D ^a,b   Wang, G J ^a   Fowler, J S ^a   Ding, Y S ^a   Gur, R C ^c   Gatley, J ^a   Logan, J ^a   Moberg, P J ^c   Hitzemann, R ^b   Smith, G ^a   Pappas, N ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 15444339872     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440125     Document Type: Article

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