Gender Differences in Age-Related Striatal Dopamine Depletion in Parkinson’s Disease
Objective Gender differences are a well-known clinical characteristic of Parkinson’s disease (PD). In-vivo imaging studies demonstrated that women have greater striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) activity than do men, both in the normal population and in PD patients. We hypothesize that women exhibi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Movement Disorder Society
2015-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Movement Disorders |
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Online Access: | http://e-jmd.org/upload/jmd-8-3-130.pdf |