Uptake of MPP(+) by dopamine neurons explains selectivity of parkinsonism-inducing neurotoxin, MPTP

Eur J Pharmacol. 1984 Nov 13;106(2):455-6. doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(84)90740-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
  • Animals
  • Cerebral Cortex / metabolism
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism
  • Dopamine / physiology*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Kinetics
  • Neurons / metabolism*
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary / chemically induced*
  • Pyridines / metabolism
  • Pyridines / toxicity*
  • Rats
  • Synaptosomes / metabolism

Substances

  • Pyridines
  • 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
  • Dopamine