Author/Editor		Davie, CA; Pirtošek, Z; Barker, GJ; Kingsley, DP; Miller, PH; Lees, AJ
Title		Magnetic resonance spectroscopic study of parkinsonism related to boxing
Type		članek
Source		J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
Vol. and No.		Letnik 58, št. 6
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 688-91
Language		eng
Abstract		Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, localised to the lentiform nucleus, was carried out in three ex-professional boxers who developed a parkinsonian syndrome, six patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, and six age matched controls. The three ex-boxers all showed a pronounced reduction in the absolute concentration of N-acetylaspartate compared with the patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and the control group. This reduction is likely to reflect neuronal loss occurring in the putamen and globus pallidus and supports the hypothesis that the extrapyramidal syndrome that may occur in ex-boxers is a distinct entity from idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
Descriptors		ASPARTIC ACID BOXING PARKINSON DISEASE AGED ASPARTIC ACID CORPUS STRIATUM MIDDLE AGE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE