| Literature DB >> 6164436 |
S H Buck, T F Burks, M R Brown, H I Yamamura.
Abstract
Substance P (SP) levels were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA) in several regions of post-mortem brain of controls and Huntington's disease (HD) patients. In controls, highest SP levels were found in basal ganglia, substantia nigra and hypothalamus. Nigral pars reticulata contained 3--4-fold higher levels than pars compacta. In HD, SP levels were reduced in all basal ganglia and substantia nigra. The reductions ranged from 48% in caudate nucleus to over 90% in nigral pars reticulata. There were no changes in SP levels in HD frontal cortex, thalamus or hypothalamus.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6164436 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(81)90171-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252