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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 21, 2004, 24(29):6417-6426; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0836-04.2004
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Neurobiology of Disease
Role of External Pallidal Segment in Primate Parkinsonism: Comparison of the Effects of 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine-Induced Parkinsonism and Lesions of the External Pallidal Segment
Jesus Soares,1 * Michele A. Kliem,1 * Ranjita Betarbet,1 J. Timothy Greenamyre,1 Bryan Yamamoto,2 andThomas Wichmann1 1Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, and 2Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
These experiments re-examined the notion that reduced activity in the external pallidal segment (GPe) results in the abnormalities of neuronal discharge in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and the internal pallidal segment (GPi) and in the development of parkinsonian motor signs. Extracellular recording in two rhesus monkeys, which had been rendered parkinsonian by treatment with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), revealed that the average neuronal discharge rate decreased in GPe but increased in STN and GPi. After MPTP, neurons in all three nuclei tended to discharge in oscillatory bursts. In addition, GABA release in STN (measured with microdialysis) was reduced, indicative of reduced activity along the GPe-STN pathway. Finally, the concentration of glutamic acid dehydrogenase (GAD; measured with autoimmunoradiography) was increased in GPe and GPi, likely reflecting increased striatal input and increased activity of local axon collaterals, respectively. Surprisingly, GAD protein in STN remained unchanged, indicating that the usual assumption that GAD levels are determined primarily by the overall activity of GABAergic elements may be too simplistic. The results from the MPTP-treated animals were compared with results obtained in a second group of three animals with ibotenic acid lesions of GPe. GPe lesions resulted in increased discharge in STN and GPi, comparable with the changes seen after MPTP but did not induce oscillatory bursting and had no behavioral effects. The results indicate that a mere reduction of GPe activity does not produce parkinsonism. Other changes, such as altered discharge patterns in STN and GPi, may play an important role in the generation of parkinsonism.
Key words: subthalamic nucleus; globus pallidus; microdialysis; lesion; Parkinson's disease; extracellular recording
Received March 8, 2004; revised May 26, 2004; accepted May 31, 2004.
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