Parkinson's disease candidate gene prioritization based on expression profile of midbrain dopaminergic neurons

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. The pathological hallmark of the disease is degeneration of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Genetic association studies have linked 13 human chromosomal lo...

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Main Authors: Vahedi Shahrooz, Rajabian Mehrnoosh, Misaghian Arman, Grbec Daniel, Simon Horst H, Alavian Kambiz N
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
Online Access:http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/17/1/66