Catecholaminergic activity in idiopathic torsion dystonia.
Day and nighttime melatonin and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase activity were measured in blood from 10 Jewish and 9 non-Jewish dystonics and from 22 nondystonic family members. Groups did not significantly differ on either of these measures. These results do not support a generalized abnormality of noradrenergic release in dystonia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D004422:Dystonia Musculorum Deformans / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D008550:Melatonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged
D002395:Catecholamines; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase; D008550:Melatonin