Failure to detect 6-hydroxydopamine in rat striatum after the dopamine releasing drugs dexamphetamine, methylamphetamine and MPTP

H Rollema*, JB de Vries, BHC Westerink , FMS van Putten, AS HORN

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    Abstract

    Large doses of dexamphetamine, methylamphetamine and MPTP failed to induce the formation of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in rat striatum. The potent dopamine (DA) releasing actions of these drugs and of the MPTP metabolite MPP+ were shown by intracerebral dialysis of DA in conscious rats but 6-OHDA was not detectible in the perfusates. Neurotoxic effects of these DA releasing drugs are therefore probably not due, as previously suggested, to 6-OHDA formation and its subsequent uptake into nerve terminals.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)65-69
    Number of pages5
    JournalEuropean Journal of Pharmacology
    Volume132
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2-Dec-1986

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