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NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
Volume 27, Issue 11, Pages 1684-1693Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.09.028
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The steroid dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is abundant in men and women and decreases rapidly during aging. Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder just behind Alzheimer. L-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-Dopa) therapy remains the most effective treatment but many patients develop motor complications. This study investigated the acute effect of DHEA alone and with L-Dopa in 12 females monkeys lesioned with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) to model PD. DHEA administration alone improved the mean parkinsonian score at 1, 5 and 15 mg/kg in moderately and severely impaired MPTP monkeys and increased blood DHEA concentrations. DHEA with a low dose of L-Dopa increased the L-Dopa effect in moderately and severely impaired MPTP monkeys. DHEA lengthened duration of the effect of the low dose of L-Dopa by 15-45 min. DHEA at 1, 5 and 15 mg/kg combined with a high dose of L-Dopa did not increase dyskinesias. DHEA could act by reducing inhibitory GABAergic activity in the striatal output pathways. DHEA could also be metabolized into estradiol in the brain and increase acutely dopamine activity. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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