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Age-related loss of extrastriatal dopamine D2-like receptors in women

  1. Valtteri Kaasinen1,
  2. Nina Kemppainen4,
  3. Kjell Någren4,
  4. Hans Helenius2,
  5. Timo Kurki3,
  6. Juha O. Rinne1,4

Article first published online: 21 MAY 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.00895.x

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Journal of Neurochemistry

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volume 81, Issue 5, pages 1005–1010, June 2002

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Kaasinen, V., Kemppainen, N., Någren, K., Helenius, H., Kurki, T. and Rinne, J. O. (2002), Age-related loss of extrastriatal dopamine D2-like receptors in women. Journal of Neurochemistry, 81: 1005–1010. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.00895.x

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  1. 1

    Departments of Neurology,

  2. 2

    Biostatistics and

  3. 3

    Radiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

  4. 4

    Turku PET Centre, Turku, Finland

*Address correspondence and reprint requests to Valtteri Kaasinen, University of Turku, Department of Neurology, POB 52, FIN-20521, Turku, Finland. E-mail: valtteri.kaasinen@pet.tyks.fi

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  1. Issue published online: 21 MAY 2002
  2. Article first published online: 21 MAY 2002
  3. Received November 1, 2001; revised manuscript received February 11, 2002; accepted February 18, 2002.

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