SOMATOSTATIN IN NEURODEGENERATIVE ILLNESSES

被引:25
作者
BEAL, MF [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,BOSTON,MA 02115
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METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL | 1990年 / 39卷 / 09期
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10.1016/0026-0495(90)90226-3
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Somatostatin may play a role in several neurodegenerative diseases. Somatostatin concentrations are depleted in cerebral cortex in both Alzeheimer's disease and in the dementia that accompanies Parkinson's disease. Somatostatin neurons in both illnesses are markedly dystrophic and may be reduced in number. In Huntington's disease, somatostatin concentrations are increased in the basal ganglia, as is the density of somatostatin neurons. The precise role of somatostatin changes in the pathophysiology of these illnesses requires further study. © 1990.
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