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  • Title: Spontaneous recovery of MPTP-damaged catecholamine systems in goldfish brain areas.
    Author: Poli A, Gandolfi O, Lucchi R, Barnabei O.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1992 Jul 10; 585(1-2):128-34. PubMed ID: 1511296.
    Abstract:
    In goldfish, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) administered for 3 consecutive days (10 mg/kg), produced a marked decrease in dopamine (DA) and noradrenaline (NA) levels in telencephalon, diencephalon and medulla oblongata, without affecting the serotonin (5-HT) content. Furthermore the neurotoxin decreased either [3H]DA high affinity uptake or K(+)-stimulated DA release from synaptosomal (P2) preparations, with concomitant up-regulation of D2 postsynaptic receptors as well. No significant changes of choline acetyltransferase and glutamic acid decarboxylase activity or [3H]glutamate uptake were observed. Moreover the pretreatment with deprenyl (1 mg/kg) or mazindol (10 mg/kg) but not with clorgyline (5 mg/kg) prevented catecholamine depletion. Added in vitro to synaptosomal preparations both MPTP and more potently MPP+, in a concentration-dependent manner, inhibited [3H]DA uptake. Time course study revealed that MPTP-induced alteration of neurochemical parameters in goldfish brain areas were almost completely reversed within 6 weeks, suggesting that catecholamine systems in goldfish brain show a remarkable power of recovery after MPTP lesion.
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