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- Title
Role of dopaminergic treatment in dopamine receptor down-regulation in advanced Parkinson disease: a positron emission tomographic study.
- Authors
Thobois, Stéphane; Vingerhoets, François; Fraix, Valerie; Xie-Brustolin, Jing; Mollion, Hélène; Costes, Nicolas; Mertens, Patrick; Benabid, Alim-Louis; Pollak, Pierre; Broussolle, Emmanuel
- Abstract
In patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) who are undergoing long-term treatment with a dopaminergic medication, a down-regulation of striatal dopamine D2 receptor expression has been demonstrated and interpreted as a consequence of either the disease itself or dopaminergic drug administration.
- Publication
Archives of neurology, 2004, Vol 61, Issue 11, p1705
- ISSN
0003-9942
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archneur.61.11.1705