Experimental parkinsonian syndrome in rats induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
Kryzhanovskiĭ, G.N.; Atadzhanov, M.A.; Zagorevskiĭ, V.A.; Sharkova, L.M.; Voronina, T.A.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 105(4): 397-401
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 3258764 Document Number: 321608
Systemic administration of high doses of MPTP caused transient bradykinesia, "freezing" episodes, head tremors, hunching of the back and peripheral autonomic effects. Neurological syndrome was clearly dose-dependent. It has been established that Parkinson's syndrome is caused by high-amplitude paroxysmal discharges in the nucleus caudatis. It is concluded that the nucleus caudatis plays the role of a pathological determinant structure in the development of Parkinson's syndrome induced by MPTP.