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Dyskinesias and motor symptoms onset in Parkinson disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2014; 20:1427-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2014] [Revised: 09/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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George JL, Mok S, Moses D, Wilkins S, Bush AI, Cherny RA, Finkelstein DI. Targeting the progression of Parkinson's disease. Curr Neuropharmacol 2010; 7:9-36. [PMID: 19721815 PMCID: PMC2724666 DOI: 10.2174/157015909787602814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2008] [Revised: 08/15/2008] [Accepted: 09/09/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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By the time a patient first presents with symptoms of Parkinson's disease at the clinic, a significant proportion (50-70%) of the cells in the substantia nigra (SN) has already been destroyed. This degeneration progresses until, within a few years, most of the cells have died. Except for rare cases of familial PD, the initial trigger for cell loss is unknown. However, we do have some clues as to why the damage, once initiated, progresses unabated. It would represent a major advance in therapy to arrest cell loss at the stage when the patient first presents at the clinic. Current therapies for Parkinson's disease focus on relieving the motor symptoms of the disease, these unfortunately lose their effectiveness as the neurodegeneration and symptoms progress. Many experimental approaches are currently being investigated attempting to alter the progression of the disease. These range from replacement of the lost neurons to neuroprotective therapies; each of these will be briefly discussed in this review. The main thrust of this review is to explore the interactions between dopamine, alpha synuclein and redox-active metals. There is abundant evidence suggesting that destruction of SN cells occurs as a result of a self-propagating series of reactions involving dopamine, alpha synuclein and redox-active metals. A potent reducing agent, the neurotransmitter dopamine has a central role in this scheme, acting through redox metallo-chemistry to catalyze the formation of toxic oligomers of alpha-synuclein and neurotoxic metabolites including 6-hydroxydopamine. It has been hypothesized that these feed the cycle of neurodegeneration by generating further oxidative stress. The goal of dissecting and understanding the observed pathological changes is to identify therapeutic targets to mitigate the progression of this debilitating disease.
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- J L George
- The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria , 155 Oak Street, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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The patient was a 44-yr-old man with end-stage renal disease who had developed chorea as a result of hypoglycemic injury to the basal ganglia and thalamus and who was subsequently diagnosed with depression and restless legs syndrome (RLS). For proper management, the presence of a complex medical condition including two contrasting diseases, chorea and RLS, had to be considered. Tramadol improved the pain and dysesthetic restlessness in his feet and legs, and this was gradually followed by improvements in his depressed mood, insomnia, lethargy, and feelings of hopelessness. This case suggests that the dopaminergic system participates intricately with the opioid, serotoninergic, and noradrenergic systems in the pathophysiology of RLS and pain and indirectly of depression and insomnia.
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- Yoon-Kyung Shin
- Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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Kuoppamäki M, Al-Barghouthy G, Jackson MJ, Smith LA, Quinn N, Jenner P. L-dopa dose and the duration and severity of dyskinesia in primed MPTP-treated primates. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2007; 114:1147-53. [PMID: 17446998 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-007-0727-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2006] [Accepted: 03/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Most patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) develop dyskinesia and other motor complications after prolonged L-dopa use. We now report on the relationship between L-dopa dose and the duration and severity of dyskinesia in L-dopa-primed MPTP-treated primates with marked nigral degeneration mimicking late stage PD. With increasing doses of L-dopa, locomotor activity increased and motor disability declined. The duration of dyskinesia following L-dopa administration increased dose-dependently, and showed a linear correlation with total locomotor activity. In addition, the time-course of dyskinesia paralleled closely that of locomotor activity in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, severity of dyskinesia showed a non-linear correlation with total locomotor activity, low doses of L-dopa eliciting severe dyskinesia for short periods of time. The threshold for dyskinesia induction and the antiparkinsonian effects of L-dopa appear very similar in primed MPTP primates mimicking late stage PD. Reducing individual doses of L-dopa to avoid severe dyskinesia can markedly compromise the antiparkinsonian response. Our results extend the relevance of the dyskinetic MPTP-treated primate in studying the genesis of involuntary movements occurring in L-dopa treated patients with PD.
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- M Kuoppamäki
- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Centre, King's College, London, U.K.
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Iravani MM, Costa S, Jackson MJ, Tel BC, Cannizzaro C, Pearce RK, Jenner P. GDNF reverses priming for dyskinesia in MPTP-treated, L-DOPA-primed common marmosets. Eur J Neurosci 2001; 13:597-608. [PMID: 11168568 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2001.01408.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with a progressive loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra and degeneration of dopaminergic terminals in the striatum. Although L-DOPA treatment provides the most effective symptomatic relief for PD it does not prevent the progression of the disease, and its long-term use is associated with the onset of dyskinesia. In rodent and primate studies, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) may prevent 6-OHDA- or MPTP-induced nigral degeneration and so may be beneficial in the treatment of PD. In this study, we investigate the effects of GDNF on the expression of dyskinesia in L-DOPA-primed MPTP-treated common marmosets, exhibiting dyskinesia. GDNF or saline was administered by two intraventricular injections, 4 weeks apart, to MPTP-treated, L-DOPA-treated common marmosets primed to exhibit dyskinesia. Prior to GDNF or saline administration, all animals displayed marked dyskinesia when treated with L-DOPA. GDNF administration produced a significant improvement in motor disability and, following the second injection of GDNF, a significant improvement in the locomotor activity was observed. Following the administration of L-DOPA there was a greater reversal of disability and a reduction in the intensity of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in GDNF-treated animals compared to saline-treated controls. However, there was no significant difference in L-DOPA's ability to increase locomotor activity between GDNF-treated and saline-treated animals. GDNF treatment caused a significant increase in the number of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons in the substantia nigra, but no change in [(3)H]mazindol binding to dopamine terminals was found in the striatum of GDNF-treated animals compared to saline-treated controls. In GDNF-treated animals a small but significant reduction in enkephalin mRNA was observed in the caudate nucleus but not in the putamen or the nucleus accumbens. Substance P mRNA expression was equally reduced in the caudate nucleus and the putamen of the GDNF-treated animals but not in the nucleus accumbens. Intraventricular administration of GDNF improved MPTP-induced disability and reversed dopamine cell loss in the substantia nigra. GDNF also diminished L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia, which may relate to its ability to partly restore nigral dopaminergic transmission or to modify the activity of striatal output pathways.
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- M M Iravani
- Neurodegenerative Disease Research Centre, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College, London SE1 1UL, UK
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Blink rates were measured in 25 patients with fluctuating Parkinson's disease in the "off' and "on" periods. In 17 patients, the "off"-period blink rate was low and increased after administration of levodopa. In the remaining eight patients, the "off"-period blink rate was high and returned to normal levels after levodopa. It is suggested that increased blink rate in the latter group represents a new form of "off"-period dystonia.
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- T E Kimber
- University Department of Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Bejjani B, Arnulf I, Demeret S, Damier P, Bonnet A, Houeto J, Agid Y. Levodopa‐induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease: Is sensitization reversible? Ann Neurol 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200005)47:5<655::aid-ana16>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Boulos‐Paul Bejjani
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Fédération de Neurologie and INSERM U289, Groupe‐Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Unité des troubles du mouvement, Hôpital Notre‐Dame des Secous, Byblos, Lebanon
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Fédération de Neurologie and INSERM U289, Groupe‐Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Fédération de Neurologie and INSERM U289, Groupe‐Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Fédération de Neurologie and INSERM U289, Groupe‐Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Fédération de Neurologie and INSERM U289, Groupe‐Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Fédération de Neurologie and INSERM U289, Groupe‐Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Fédération de Neurologie and INSERM U289, Groupe‐Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Krack P, Pollak P, Limousin P, Hoffmann D, Benazzouz A, Le Bas JF, Koudsie A, Benabid AL. Opposite motor effects of pallidal stimulation in Parkinson's disease. Ann Neurol 1998; 43:180-92. [PMID: 9485059 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We studied the effects--on parkinsonian signs, on levodopa-induced dyskinesias, and on levodopa response--of acute experimental high-frequency stimulation of the internal pallidum (GPi) during off-drug and on-drug phases. Thirteen quadripolar electrodes were evaluated in 8 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Stimulation of the most ventral contacts, lying at the ventral margin of or just below the GPi, led to pronounced improvement in rigidity and a complete arrest of levodopa-induced dyskinesias. The antiakinetic effect of levodopa was also blocked and the patients became severely akinetic. Stimulation of the most dorsal contacts, lying at the dorsal border of the GPi or inside the external pallidum, usually led to moderate improvement of off-drug akinesia and could also induce dyskinesias in some patients. When using an intermediate contact for chronic stimulation, a good compromise between these opposite effects was usually obtained, mimicking the effect of pallidotomy. We conclude that there are at least two different functional zones within the globus pallidus, at the basis of a different pathophysiology of the cardinal symptoms of PD. The opposite effects may explain the variable results of pallidal surgery reported in the literature and may also largely explain the paradox of PD surgery. A possible anatomical basis for these differential functional effects could be a functional somatotopy within the GPi, with the segregation of the pallidofugal fibers from the outer portion of the GPi, on one hand, forming the ventral ansa lenticularis and from the inner portion of the GPi, on the other hand, forming the dorsal lenticular fasciculus.
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- P Krack
- Department of Clinical and Biological Neurosciences, and INSERM U318, Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble, France
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Durif F, Vidailhet M, Assal F, Roche C, Bonnet AM, Agid Y. Low-dose clozapine improves dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease. Neurology 1997; 48:658-62. [PMID: 9065543 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.48.3.658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The severity of parkinsonian motor disability and dyskinesias was evaluated in seven levodopa-responsive patients with Parkinson's disease after an acute challenge with the mixed dopamine agonist apomorphine, before and after low-dose clozapine (50 mg) for 18 +/- 2 days. There was a significant 59% improvement (p < 0.05) of apomorphine-induced dyskinesias without aggravation of parkinsonian motor disability following clozapine treatment. The results suggest that low-dose clozapine, already shown to improve psychotic symptoms, may help to reduce severe levodopa-induced dyskinesias in parkinsonian patients.
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- F Durif
- Department of Neurology, Fontmaure Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, INSERM U 289, Paris, France
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Gerlach M, Kuhn W, Müller T, Klotz P, Przuntek H. Sustained-release of levodopa: single dose study of a new formulation. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1996; 103:717-27. [PMID: 8836933 DOI: 10.1007/bf01271231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Motor fluctuations and dyskinesias in Parkinsonian patients may be at least partially due to fluctuations of levodopa plasma concentrations. Sustained-release (SR) formulations of levodopa may present a promising, effective solution of this problem. Therefore we performed a 4-fold, cross-over double-blind trial with a new SR preparation, tested in healthy volunteers (Gerlach et al., 1988) before, in 12 Parkinsonian subjects. Two different dosages of the pure new levodopa SR-preparation, a composition of 70% SR and 30% levodopa immediate release (IR) and a conventional IR levodopa preparation were compared by their pharmacokinetic behaviour and their clinical effects. The relative bioavailability of levodopa in plasma was 69% for the combination of SR and IR levodopa release, for the pure SR formulations (100 mg levodopa) 54% and (200 mg levodopa) 55%, compared to the 100% of the standard form of IR release of 100 mg levodopa. In contrast to the conventional IR formulation the pharmacokinetic behaviour of the SR preparations showed no initial sharp peak, but more continuous and longer maintaining plasma concentrations of levodopa. Due to the small numbers of cases and the missing homogenity of the selected patients no statistical significant differences between the four preparations regarding the clinical response were observed. But the described pharmacokinetic behaviour gives hope, that these newly developed SR-preparations may lead to progress in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (prolongation of dosage intervals, reduction of motor fluctuations).
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- M Gerlach
- Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
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Carpentier AF, Bonnet AM, Vidailhet M, Agid Y. Improvement of levodopa-induced dyskinesia by propranolol in Parkinson's disease. Neurology 1996; 46:1548-51. [PMID: 8649546 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.46.6.1548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Seven patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD) with severely disabling dyskinesia received low-dose propranolol as an adjunct to the currently used medical treatment. There was a significant 40% improvement in the dyskinesia score without increase of parkinsonian motor disability. Ballistic and choreic dyskinesia were markedly ameliorated, whereas dystonia was not. This study suggests that administration of low doses of beta-blockers may improve levodopa-induced ballistic and choreic dyskinesia in PD.
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Marconi R, Lefebvre-Caparros D, Bonnet AM, Vidailhet M, Dubois B, Agid Y. Levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease phenomenology and pathophysiology. Mov Disord 1994; 9:2-12. [PMID: 8139601 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870090103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to provide further insight into the phenomenology and pathophysiology of monophasic and biphasic dyskinesias induced by levodopa in Parkinson's disease. For this purpose, the type, localization, severity, and timing of dyskinesias were evaluated in 15 parkinsonian patients in relation to motor disability after administration of levodopa using a video-electromyographic recording device. Foot-dystonia, myoclonus, and akathisia were observed in most patients. The dyskinesias started in the foot, usually on the side most affected by the disease, and spread in an "ascending wave" to the contralateral side, the trunk, and upper extremities. In a few patients, onset was axial, spreading almost instantaneously to all limbs. The dyskinesias were dystonic and ballistic at the start, and became increasingly choreic as they attained the upper limbs. Their intensity was maximal in the lower limbs, then progressively decreased, while increasing in upper limbs and head. The results indicate that there is no strict dichotomy between biphasic and monophasic dyskinesias. In other words, there is a "continuum" between the first dyskinesias and those observed during the period of maximal clinical improvement. These dyskinesias can also appear in reverse order, as if there were an "oscillator" determining a sequence of alternating patterns.
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- R Marconi
- INSERM U 289, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Wolfarth S, Ossowska K. Can the supersensitivity of rodents to dopamine be regarded as a model of tardive dyskinesia? Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1989; 13:799-840. [PMID: 2682786 DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(89)90036-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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1. The paper presents arguments derived from both, clinical work and animal experiments, for or against the traditional hypothesis suggesting that tardive dyskinesia (TD) is caused by supersensitivity to dopamine. The main aim of this study was to answer the question posed in the title - whether the supersensitivity to dopamine evoked in rodents by neuroleptics can be regarded as an adequate pharmacological model of TD. 2. The data presented here prove that chronic administration of neuroleptics to schizophrenic patients cannot be the only factor inducing TD; furthermore, symptoms similar or identical to those of TD are also observed in the course of other disorders, not connected with neuroleptics, e.g. aging or schizophrenia itself. 3. Clinical data offer no clear evidence for the existence of a direct cause-effect relationship between super-sensitivity to dopamine and occurrence of TD. 4. The role of brain degeneration, caused by different factors but in particular by the process of aging, in the pathogenesis of dyskinetic disorders, including TD, has been stressed. 5. Pharmacological and biochemical data show that chronic administration of classic neuroleptics to animals induces an increase in the density of dopamine D-2 receptors (Bmax). It seems that this receptor-mediated supersensitivity may concern both the postsynaptic and the presynaptic D-2 dopamine receptors. On the other hand, it is not clear enough whether a dopamine D-1 receptor-mediated supersensitivity might also be a causal factor of TD. 6. The analysis in animals, of biochemical and pharmacological effects of neuroleptics which do not induce TD showed that in some situations these drugs may also evoke the receptor-mediated supersensitivity concerning dopamine D-2 receptors. 7. The method of a prolonged (approx. 1 year) oral administration of neuroleptics seems to differentiate those which induce TD from those which do not, at least regarding the induction of an increase of Bmax for butyrophenone neuroleptics and an increase of apomorphine-induced stereotypy, however, some exceptions are noted. 8. The above analysis of clinical and experimental data suggests that the supersensitivity to dopamine in rats treated chronically with neuroleptics cannot be accepted as a model which reflects the etiopathogenesis of TD. Neither a positive nor a negative result obtained in this test is reliable enough, and either depends on the tested parameters (apomorphine stereotypy and [3H]spiperon binding seem to be the most reliable), route of neuroleptic administration, duration of treatment and, probably, a number of other, still unknown factors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- S Wolfarth
- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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Agid Y, Cervera P, Hirsch E, Javoy-Agid F, Lehericy S, Raisman R, Ruberg M. Biochemistry of Parkinson's disease 28 years later: a critical review. Mov Disord 1989; 4 Suppl 1:S126-44. [PMID: 2566912 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870040514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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- Y Agid
- Laboratoire de Médecine Expérimentale (INSERM U 289), Paris, France
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Pourcher E, Bonnet AM, Kefalos J, Dubois B, Agid Y. Effects of etybenzatropine and diazepam on levodopa-induced diphasic dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 1989; 4:195-201. [PMID: 2779590 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870040301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Levodopa-induced onset and end-of-dose dyskinesia are rare but disabling disorders. Although they can be attenuated by increasing and dividing the daily dose of levodopa, this does not constitute a therapeutic approach. In this pilot study, etybenzatropine, an anticholinergic drug, and diazepam, a selective benzodiazepine, were administered in addition to a single dose of levodopa in nine patients with Parkinson's disease. Both drugs tended to decrease the severity and the duration of onset and end-of-dose dyskinesia and to increase the duration of action of levodopa on parkinsonian symptoms.
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- E Pourcher
- Clinique de Neurologie et Neuropsychologie, Paris, France
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