Brain dopamine and the syndromes of Parkinson and Huntington Clinical, morphological and neurochemical correlations

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Substantia nigraParkinsonismPutamenDopaminePars compactaBasal gangliaHomovanillic acidStriatumNeurochemicalInternal medicineCaudate nucleusEndocrinologyPsychologyPathologyNeuroscienceBiologyMedicineDiseaseDopaminergicCentral nervous systemSerotonin

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Year: 1973
Type: article
Volume: 20
Issue: 4
Pages: 415-455
Citations: 2633
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                                    H. Bernheimer, 
                                
                                    W Birkmayer, 
                                
                                    Oleh Hornykiewicz
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1973). 
                            Brain dopamine and the syndromes of Parkinson and Huntington Clinical, morphological and neurochemical correlations. 
                            Journal of the Neurological Sciences
                            , 20
                            (4)
                            , 415-455.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-510x(73)90175-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(73)90175-5