Cholinergic denervation occurs early in Parkinson disease

Neurology. 2009 Jul 28;73(4):256-7. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b0bd3d. Epub 2009 Jun 17.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholine / deficiency*
  • Basal Nucleus of Meynert / diagnostic imaging
  • Basal Nucleus of Meynert / metabolism
  • Basal Nucleus of Meynert / pathology*
  • Cerebral Cortex / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Cortex / metabolism
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Cholinergic Fibers / metabolism
  • Cholinergic Fibers / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Lewy Bodies / metabolism
  • Lewy Bodies / pathology
  • Lewy Body Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Lewy Body Disease / metabolism
  • Lewy Body Disease / pathology*
  • Movement Disorders / metabolism
  • Movement Disorders / pathology
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology
  • Nerve Degeneration / metabolism
  • Nerve Degeneration / pathology*
  • Nerve Degeneration / physiopathology
  • Neural Pathways / diagnostic imaging
  • Neural Pathways / metabolism
  • Neural Pathways / pathology
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Parkinson Disease / metabolism
  • Parkinson Disease / pathology*
  • Phenotype
  • Plaque, Amyloid / metabolism
  • Plaque, Amyloid / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Acetylcholine