Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/13474
Title: Dopaminergic responses to striatal damage.
Austin Authors: Howells, David William;Liberatore, G T;Wong, J Y;Donnan, Geoffrey A 
Affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Melbourne, Austin, Australia
Issue Date: 1-Jul-1996
Publication information: Journal of the Neurological Sciences; 139(1): 125-30
Abstract: The improvements obtained by grafting dopamine-rich tissues into the striatum of patients with Parkinson's disease are generally attributed to production and release of dopamine by the graft. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that grafting also stimulates the host dopaminergic system. We provide evidence in a mouse model of striatal damage that surgical cavitation induces a concerted response from the dopaminergic system with proliferation of striatal presynaptic dopamine uptake sites, increased tyrosine hydroxylase activity, increased concentrations of dopamine, dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid. The response increases with time and ultimately includes contralateral stimulation of striatal tyrosine hydroxylase activity and elevation of dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid concentrations. The time course and extent of the host dopaminergic response suggests that it may make a significant contribution to observed clinical improvements after intrastriatal transplantation in human parkinsonism.
Gov't Doc #: 8836983
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/13474
Journal: Journal of the neurological sciences
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8836983
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid.metabolism
Animals
Brain.metabolism
Brain Tissue Transplantation
Corpus Striatum.metabolism.pathology
Dihydroxyphenylalanine.metabolism
Dopamine.metabolism
Functional Laterality
Homovanillic Acid.metabolism
Humans
Male
Mazindol.metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Parkinson Disease.pathology.surgery
Reference Values
Synapses.metabolism
Time Factors
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase.metabolism
Appears in Collections:Journal articles

Show full item record

Page view(s)

26
checked on Dec 11, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check


Items in AHRO are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.