title: Cholecystokinin receptors are decreased in basal ganglia and cerebral cortex of Huntington's disease.
abstract: Cholecystokinin (CCK) receptors were found to be significantly reduced in basal ganglia and cerebral cortex of post-mortem from Huntington's patients with matched controls. The magnitude of the reduction in CCK binding (69% in basal ganglia, 43% in cerebral cortex) is consistent with the degree of neuronal degeneration in basal ganglia, but suggests a possibly selective loss of CCK receptor-containing neurons in cerebral cortex of Huntington's patients.
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D011949:Receptors, Cholecystokinin
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011949:Receptors, Cholecystokinin; D002766:Cholecystokinin