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  • Title: Effects of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) on catecholamines and metabolites in primate brain and CSF.
    Author: Elsworth JD, Deutch AY, Redmond DE, Sladek JR, Roth RH.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1987 Jul 14; 415(2):293-9. PubMed ID: 3496938.
    Abstract:
    1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) administration is able to produce nigrostriatal damage and motor disabilities in primates similar to those seen in Parkinson's disease. Two months after MPTP treatment in African Green monkeys, significant depletions of dopamine (DA) and/or homovanillic acid (HVA) were found in the dorsal ventral tegmental area, and septum, but not in the ventral part of the ventral tegmental area or nucleus accumbens. However, DA losses were greater at all examined sites in the striatum. In putamen and caudate nucleus the decreases in DA and HVA appeared more marked dorsolaterally than ventromedially. After MPTP treatment the ratio HVA/DA was elevated in the septum and all striatal regions; in the striatum the increases in ratio were greater in the dorsolateral than in the ventromedial samples. NE concentration was not significantly altered by MPTP in the mesolimbic system. In control animals the HVA concentration and the ratio HVA/DA were higher in the putamen than in the caudate nucleus. A longitudinal study showed that CSF HVA and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol were reduced by MPTP and remained below baseline level for 12 months after MPTP treatment. This biochemical study indicates that in the monkey MPTP is able to induce selective damage within both the nigrostriatal and mesolimbic DA systems.
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