The nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in familial early onset parkinsonism with parkin mutations

A. T. Portman, N. Giladi, K. L. Leenders*, P. Maguire, L. Veenma-Van der Duin, J. Swart, J. Pruim, E. S. Simon, S. Hassin-Baer, A. D. Korczyn

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Abstract

Nigrostriatal dopaminergic function and cerebral energy metabolism were measured with PET in two brothers with early-onset parkinsonism caused by mutation of the parkin gene. Energy metabolism did not differ, but the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pattern was clearly different than that of sporadic PD. Thus parkinsonism in these two patients was shown to be pathophysiologically different than PD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1759-1762
Number of pages4
JournalNeurology
Volume56
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Jun 2001

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