Involvement of the spinal cord in Parkinson's disease

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Raudino, Francesco ^a   Leva, Serena ^a  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha synucleinopathy; Parkinson's disease; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEINOPATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONSTIPATION; EJACULATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MICTURITION; NEURITIS; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINALYSIS;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 83255166530     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.613551     Document Type: Article

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