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

H. Bernheimer, W. Birkmayer, O. Hornykiewicz, K. Jellinger, F. Seitelberger

1973.12.1JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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It was concluded that clinically manifest Parkinsonism represents the late, "decompensated", stage of a disease characterized by a progressive striatal DA deficiency; and the striatum can compensate functionally for lower degrees of DA deficiency.

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BERNHEIMER, H., et al. Brain dopamine and the syndromes of parkinson and huntington. clinical, morphological and neurochemical correlations. JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 1973, 20 4: 415–55.