Levels of alpha-synuclein mRNA in sporadic Parkinson disease patients

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1703-1708

  Chiba Falek, Ornit ^a   Lopez, Grisel J ^a   Nussbaum, Robert L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Parkinson disease; Real time PCR; SNCA mRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; STEADY STATE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 33751019425     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21007     Document Type: Article

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