"Proposed Animal Model of Severe Parkinson's Disease: Neonatal 6-Hydrox" by R. Kostrzewa, J. P. Kostrzewa et al.
 

Proposed Animal Model of Severe Parkinson's Disease: Neonatal 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesion of Dopaminergic Innervation of Striatum

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Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2006

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Rats lesioned shortly after birth with 6-hydroxydopamine are posed as a near-ideal model of severe Parkinson's disease, because of the non-lethality of the procedure, near-total destruction of nigrostriatal dopaminergic fibers, near-total dopamine (DA)-denervation of striatum, reproducibility of effect, and relative absence of overt behavioral effects - there is no aphasia, no adipsia, and no change in motor activity. In vivo microdialysis findings reinforce the utility of the animal model, clearly demonstrating L-DOPA beneficial actions without an increase in hydroxyl radical production.

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