Table 2.
Assays | Caudate | Putamen | |||
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Mean ± SME | p value | Mean ± SME | p value | ||
8-oxo-dG (pg/μg total DNA) | Control | 20.67 ± 2.581 | 16.59 ± 1.928 | ||
AD | 26.49 ± 7.545 | ˃ 0.05 | 14.17 ± 0.823 | ˃ 0.05 | |
8-oxo-G (pg/μg total DNA) | Control | 33.08 ± 4.313 | 48.41 ± 6.115 | ||
AD | 22.07 ± 1.838* | 0.0376 | 37.46 ± 4.851 | ˃ 0.05 | |
Dopamine (ng/g wet wt) | Control | 19.29 ± 6.986 | 17.21 ± 5.083 | ||
AD | 29.66 ± 9.108 | ˃ 0.05 | 25.89 ± 4.060 | ˃ 0.05 | |
VMAT2 Density (fmol/mg) | Control | 133.5 ± 10.28 | 123.4 ± 10.62 | ||
AD | 176.6 ± 17.08 | 0.051 | 152.5 ± 18.34 | ˃ 0.05 | |
D1 Receptor Density (fmol/mg) | Control | 25.28 ± 3.410 | 24.63 ± 3.318 | ||
AD | 43.98 ± 1.292**** | < 0.0001 | 40.38 ± 2.904** | 0.0030 | |
BACE1 mRNA Levels | Control | 2.804 ± 0.1252 | 2.664 ± 0.092 | ||
AD | 2.948 ± 0.1615 | ˃ 0.05 | 3.025 ± 0.101* | 0.0197 |