Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients with sporadic Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple system atrophy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1031-1033

  Nishimura, Masataka ^a   Kuno, Sadako ^b   Kaji, Ryuji ^c   Kawakami, Hideshi ^d  

^a Konan Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson's disease; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THREONINE; VALINE;

EID: 26444434944     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20491     Document Type: Article

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