Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 471-475 , August 2008

Reappraisal of the role of the DRD3 gene in essential tremor

  • Marcia A. Blair

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Shaochun Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Fenna Phibbs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
    • ,
  • John Y. Fang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Michael K. Cooper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas L. Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Peter Hedera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
    • Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, 465 21st Avenue South, 6140 MRB III, Nashville, TN 37232-8552, USA. Tel.: +1 615 936 3920; fax: +1 615 322 5517.

Received 27 September 2007 ,Revised 21 November 2007 ,Accepted 25 November 2007.

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PII: S1353-8020(07)00255-6

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.11.002

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 471-475 , August 2008

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