Symptomatic and asymptomatic 1 -methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridinetreated primates: Biochemical changes in striatal regions
Elsworth J, Deutch A, Redmond D, Taylor J, Sladek J, Roth R. Symptomatic and asymptomatic 1 -methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridinetreated primates: Biochemical changes in striatal regions. Neuroscience 1989, 33: 323-331. PMID: 2622529, DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(89)90212-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHomovanillic acid concentrationsParkinson's diseaseStriatal regionsHomovanillic acid/dopamine ratioGross motor abnormalitiesDepletion of dopamineHomovanillic acid levelsLoss of dopamineIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseCaudate nucleus dopamineAsymptomatic monkeysTetrahydropyridine (MPTP) treatmentAsymptomatic groupSymptomatic groupDopamine lossTetrahydropyridine (MPTP) toxicityMotor abnormalitiesDopamine ratioCaudate nucleusSignificant negative correlationVentromedial regionStriatum