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

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Autopsy
• Basal Ganglia / metabolism
• Benzoates / metabolism
• Caudate Nucleus / metabolism
• Corpus Striatum / metabolism*
• Corpus Striatum / pathology
• Dihydroxyphenylalanine / therapeutic use
• Dopamine / metabolism*
• Encephalitis / complications
• Female
• Globus Pallidus / metabolism*
• Globus Pallidus / pathology
• Histocytochemistry
• Humans
• Huntington Disease / metabolism*
• Huntington Disease / pathology
• Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / complications
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Muscle Rigidity / metabolism
• Muscle Spasticity / pathology
• Nerve Degeneration
• Parkinson Disease / drug therapy
• Parkinson Disease / etiology
• Parkinson Disease / genetics
• Parkinson Disease / metabolism*
• Parkinson Disease / pathology*
• Substantia Nigra / metabolism*
• Substantia Nigra / pathology
• Tremor / metabolism