Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 37-42 , January 2006

Reduced 125I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine uptake and norepinephrine transporter density in the hearts of mice with MPTP-induced parkinsonism

  • Nobuyoshi Fukumitsu

      Affiliations

    • Proton Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaragi 305-8575, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 29 853 7100; fax: +81 29 853 7102.
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  • Masahiko Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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  • Takahiro Fukuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Research Center of Medical Science, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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  • Yasushi Kiyono

      Affiliations

    • Radioisotope Research Laboratory, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Satomi Kajiyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Patho-Functional Bioanalysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8561, Japan
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  • Hideo Saji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Patho-Functional Bioanalysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8561, Japan

Received 4 June 2005 ,Revised 24 July 2005 ,Accepted 26 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2005.07.010

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 37-42 , January 2006