Is Parkinson's disease a vesicular dopamine storage disorder? Evidence from a study in isolated synaptic vesicles of human and nonhuman primate striatum

C Pifl, A Rajput, H Reither, J Blesa… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
The cause of degeneration of nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) neurons in idiopathic Parkinson's
disease (PD) is still unknown. Intraneuronally, DA is largely confined to synaptic vesicles …

Mechanism of the dopamine-releasing actions of amphetamine and cocaine: plasmalemmal dopamine transporter versus vesicular monoamine transporter.

C Pifl, H Drobny, H Reither, O Hornykiewicz… - Molecular …, 1995 - ASPET
The effects of amphetamine and cocaine were studied in [3H]-dopamine-loaded and
superfused COS-7 cells transfected with either the cDNA of the plasmalemmal dopamine …

Ornipressin in the treatment of functional renal failure in decompensated liver cirrhosis: effects on renal hemodynamics and atrial natriuretic factor

K Lenz, H Hörtnagl, W Druml, H Reither, R Schmid… - Gastroenterology, 1991 - Elsevier
In 11 patients with decompensated cirrhosis and deteriorating renal function, the effect of
the vasoconstrictor substance 8-ornithin vasopressin (ornipressin; POR 8; Sandoz, Basel, …

The profile of mephedrone on human monoamine transporters differs from 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine primarily by lower potency at the vesicular …

C Pifl, H Reither, O Hornykiewicz - European journal of pharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone, MMC) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
are constituents of popular party drugs with psychoactive effects. Structurally they are …

[HTML][HTML] Dopamine and vesicular monoamine transport loss supports incidental Lewy body disease as preclinical idiopathic Parkinson

C Pifl, H Reither, J Attems, L Zecca - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2023 - nature.com
Incidental Lewy body disease (ILBD) is a neuropathological diagnosis of brains with Lewy
bodies without clinical neuropsychiatric symptoms. Dopaminergic deficits suggest a …

Zinc regulates the dopamine transporter in a membrane potential and chloride dependent manner

C Pifl, A Wolf, P Rebernik, H Reither, ML Berger - Neuropharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
The dopamine transporter (DAT), a membrane protein specifically expressed by dopaminergic
neurons and mediating the action of psychostimulants and dopaminergic neurotoxins, is …

[HTML][HTML] The psychostimulant (±)-cis-4, 4′-dimethylaminorex (4, 4′-DMAR) interacts with human plasmalemmal and vesicular monoamine transporters

…, FP Mayer, D Luethi, M Holy, K Jäntsch, H Reither… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
(±)-cis-4,4′-Dimethylaminorex (4,4′-DMAR) is a new psychoactive substance (NPS) that
has been associated with 31 fatalities and other adverse events in Europe between June …

α-Synuclein selectively increases manganese-induced viability loss in SK-N-MC neuroblastoma cells expressing the human dopamine transporter

C Pifl, M Khorchide, A Kattinger, H Reither, J Hardy… - Neuroscience …, 2004 - Elsevier
The established or potentially toxic agents implicated in the nigral cell death in Parkinson's
disease, dopamine, 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP + ), iron, and manganese, were …

Pharmacological characterization of ecstasy synthesis byproducts with recombinant human monoamine transporters

C Pifl, G Nagy, S Berényi, A Kattinger, H Reither… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2005 - ASPET
Ecstasy samples often contain byproducts of the illegal, uncontrolled synthesis of N-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxy-amphetamine
or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). MDMA …

The noradrenaline transporter as site of action for the anti-Parkinson drug amantadine

C Sommerauer, P Rebernik, H Reither, C Nanoff… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
Amantadine is an established antiparkinsonian drug with a still unclear molecular site of
action. In vivo studies on rodents, in vitro studies on tissue of rodents as well as binding studies …