Brain dopamine and the syndromes of Parkinson and Huntington. Clinical, morphological and neurochemical correlations.

Aged Autopsy Basal Ganglia/metabolism Benzoates/metabolism Caudate Nucleus/metabolism Corpus Striatum/metabolism,pathology Dihydroxyphenylalanine/therapeutic use Dopamine/metabolism Encephalitis/complications Female Globus Pallidus/metabolism,pathology Histocytochemistry Humans Huntington Disease/metabolism,pathology Intracranial Arteriosclerosis/complications Male Middle Aged Muscle Rigidity/metabolism Muscle Spasticity/pathology Nerve Degeneration Parkinson Disease/drug therapy,etiology,genetics,metabolism,pathology Substantia Nigra/metabolism,pathology Tremor/metabolism

Benzoates Dihydroxyphenylalanine Dopamine