The dopaminergic neurons of the A11 system in RLS autopsy brains appear normal

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1155-1157

  Earley, Christopher J ^a   Allen, Richard P ^a   Connor, James R ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Troncoso, Juan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

A11 dopaminergic system; Brain; Gliosis; Human autopsy; Hypothalamus; Restless Legs Syndrome; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 70350770999     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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