Cardiac sympathetic denervation in Parkinson's disease linked to SNCA duplication

Acta Neuropathol. 2008 Nov;116(5):575-7. doi: 10.1007/s00401-008-0428-5. Epub 2008 Aug 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Denervation
  • Female
  • Ganglia, Sympathetic / metabolism
  • Ganglia, Sympathetic / pathology*
  • Gene Duplication*
  • Heart / innervation
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lewy Bodies / metabolism
  • Lewy Bodies / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation
  • Parkinson Disease / genetics
  • Parkinson Disease / metabolism
  • Parkinson Disease / pathology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / metabolism
  • alpha-Synuclein / genetics*
  • alpha-Synuclein / metabolism

Substances

  • SNCA protein, human
  • alpha-Synuclein
  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase