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SUBMITTER: Goldstein DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3359749 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goldstein David S DS Holmes Courtney C Sharabi Yehonatan Y
Brain : a journal of neurology 20120326 Pt 6
Central catecholamine deficiency characterizes α-synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease. We hypothesized that cerebrospinal fluid levels of neuronal metabolites of catecholamines provide neurochemical biomarkers of these disorders. To test this hypothesis we measured cerebrospinal fluid levels of catechols including dopamine, norepinephrine and their main respective neuronal metabolites dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and dihydroxyphenylglycol in Parkinson's disease and two other synucleinopat ...[more]