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Patrick L. McGeer
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 569
Citations - 61292
Patrick L. McGeer is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microglia & Alzheimer's disease. The author has an hindex of 122, co-authored 569 publications receiving 58584 citations. Previous affiliations of Patrick L. McGeer include Laval University & Kyoto University.
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Kainic acid as a tool in neurobiology
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a method to find the book that you love to read first or find an interesting book that will make you want to read, but not a book.
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Aging and Extrapyramidal Function
TL;DR: Measurements on human brain samples of some enzymes concerned with neurotransmitter synthesis suggest serious losses with age, the most severe loss found was that in striatal tyrosine hydroxylase activity, the rate-controlling enzyme in the synthesis of dopamine.
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Glial reactions in Parkinson's disease
TL;DR: This review concentrates on glial reactions in PD and indicates that an acute insult to the SN can result in a sustained local inflammation, and the α‐synuclein model indicates that a endogenous protein can induce inflammation and, when overexpressed, can lead to autosomal dominant PD.
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Microglia in degenerative neurological disease
Patrick L. McGeer,T. Kawamata,Douglas G. Walker,Haruhiko Akiyama,Ikuo Tooyama,Edith G. McGeer +5 more
TL;DR: Microglia express many leukocyte surface antigens which are upregulated in such chronic degenerative neurological diseases as Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and proteins designed to defend against bystander lysis caused by the membrane attack complex are associated with damaged neuronal processes in AD.
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Generation of C-reactive protein and complement components in atherosclerotic plaques.
TL;DR: Because CRP is a complement activator, and activated complement attacks cells in plaque tissue, these data provide evidence of a self-sustaining autotoxic mechanism operating within the plaques as a precursor to thrombotic events.