1999
Spontaneous Blink Rates Correlate with Dopamine Levels in the Caudate Nucleus of MPTP-Treated Monkeys
Taylor J, Elsworth J, Lawrence M, Sladek J, Roth R, Redmond D. Spontaneous Blink Rates Correlate with Dopamine Levels in the Caudate Nucleus of MPTP-Treated Monkeys. Experimental Neurology 1999, 158: 214-220. PMID: 10448434, DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaudate nucleusConcentration of DAEye blink rateBlink rateDA ratioDopaminergic regulationD1 agonist dihydrexidineDA D2 receptorsDopaminergic neurotoxin MPTPSeverity of parkinsonismSpontaneous eye blink rateSpecific brain regionsAntiparkinsonian effectsDA depletionD2 agonistDopamine D1Dopamine levelsNeurotoxin MPTPD2 receptorsMPTPNormal animalsRostral portionSubcortical regionsBrain regionsVentromedial region
1989
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