Hering et al. page 1 of 6 Extended mutation analysis and association studies of Nurr1 (NR4A2) in Parkinson’s Disease R. Hering, MD (1); S. Petrovic, MSc (1); E.-M. Mietz, MSc (1); C. Holzmann, PhD (2); D. Berg, MD (1); P. Bauer, MD (1); D. Woitalla, MD (3); T. Müller, MD (3); K. Berger, MD (4); R. Krüger, MD (5); and O. Riess, MD (1) (1) Department of Medical Genetics, University of Tübingen, Calwerstr. 7, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany (2) Department of Medical Genetics, University of Rostock, Rembrandt- Str. 17, D-18055 Rostock, Germany (3) Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Gudrunstrasse 56, 48700 Bochum, Germany, (4) Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Muenster, Domagkstr.3, D-48149 Muenster, Germany and (5) Neurodegeneration Laboratory, Center of Neurology, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. O. Riess, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Tübingen, Calwerstrasse 7, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany, phone: +49-7071-29-76458, Fax: +49-7071-29-5171, Email: olaf.riess@med.uni-tuebingen.de Word number: 802 Character count of the title: 91