Focus on Extrapyramidal Dysfunction

by Muller, Thomas; Riederer, Peter; Muller, Th

• ISBN13: 9783211211144
• ISBN10: 3211211144
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag Wien

Summary

Experts in the fields of neurology, neuroscience, neurobiology and psychiatry review and present novel findings of basic and clinical research on extrapyramidal disorders and allied conditions. New insights on the nature of extrapyramidal dysfunction and its therapy in the fields of neurology, psychiatry and neuroscience are presented.

Table of Contents

I. Heider et al.: Dopaminergic neurotoxicity of homocysteine and its derivatives in primary mesencephalic cultures

MTHFR C 677T polymorphism, folic acid and hyperhomocysteinemia in levodopa treated patients with Parkinson's disease

Screening for mutations in synaptotagmin XI in Parkinson's disease

Depletion and restoration of endogenous monoamines affects + -CIT binding to serotonin but not dopamine transporters in non-human primate

Differential executive control impairments in early Parkinson's disease

Simple movement sequences better correlate to levodopa plasma levels than complex ones

Clinical effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation versus acute levodopa challenge in Parkinson's disease

Impact of apomorphine on BOLD signal during movement in normals

Worsened motor test performance following acute apomorphine injection in previously untreated patients with Parkinson's disease

Transdermal lisuride delivery in the treatment of Parkinson's disease

Congruent deterioration of complex and simple movements in patients with Huntington's disease

Methyltetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism influences onset of Huntington's disease

Coenzyme Q10 serum levels in Huntington's Disease

The N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist memantine retards progression of Huntington's disease

Transcranial sonography in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

Therapeutic strategies in Friedreich's ataxia

Cholecystokinin- and cholecystokinin-B-receptor gene polymorphgisms in panic disorder

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