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EXPERIMENTAL AND TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY
卷 53, 期 4, 页码 303-308出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1078/0940-2993-00195
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tetrabenazine; Parkinson's disease; behavior; locomotion; substantia nigra pars compacta; mid brain; morphometry; monoamine; dopamine
We investigated the effects of a 7 day repetitive administration of tetrabenazine (TBZ), which depletes monoamines, on both locomotor behavior and histomorphometrial findings of substantia nigra in rats. These results were compared with the effects of a single dose of TBZ, which is a common paradigm in animal models of depression. A single dose of TBZ causes reversible decrease of voluntary movement and no histological changes. In contrast, as for repetitive administration, this experiment demonstrated irreversible and significant decrease in spontaneous locomotion, as well as histological changes in the neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta. These results have led us to propose that prolonged TBZ administration could provide a novel and useful model for the behavioral characteristics and anatomical pathology of Parkinson's disease as one of the oxidative stress models induced by abnormal dopamine metabolism.
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