SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEOTOMY ALLEVIATES PARKINSONISM IN THE 1-METHYL-4-PHENYL-1,2,3,6-TETRAHYDROPYRIDINE (MPTP)-EXPOSED PRIMATE

被引:107
作者
AZIZ, TZ
PEGGS, D
AGARWAL, E
SAMBROOK, MA
CROSSMAN, AR
机构
[1] Experimental Neurology and Myology Group, Department of Cell and Structural Biology, The Medical School, Manchester, M13 9PT, Oxford Road
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
LESIONS; MPTP; PARKINSONISM; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;
D O I
10.3109/02688699209002375
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
Research into the neural mechanisms underlying the symptoms of parkinsonism utilizing the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-exposed primate model have shown that the subthalamic nucleus (STN) occupies a central role. As a logical development of this theory, we have studied the effects of thermocoagulative lesions of the STN in the primate model. Such lesions can cause remarkable symptom reversal in the experimental primate model.
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