TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical and electrophysiological effects of apomorphine in Parkinson's disease patients are not paralleled by amino acid release changes
T2 - A microdialysis study
AU - Fedele, Ernesto
AU - Stefani, Alessandro
AU - Bassi, Andrea
AU - Pepicelli, Olimpia
AU - Altibrandi, Maria Grazia
AU - Frasca, Stefania
AU - Giacomini, Patrizia
AU - Stanzione, Paolo
AU - Mazzone, Paolo
PY - 2001/1
Y1 - 2001/1
N2 - We performed a microdialysis investigation of extracellular amino acid (glutamate and GABA) concentrations during sterotaxic neurosurgery (the implantation of permanent electrode in the internal globus pallidus (GPi) or subthalamic nucleus (STN) for deep brain stimulation in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, after prolonged therapy wash-out). Electrophysiological single unit recordings and perioperative clinical status assessments were also performed. Amino acid levels were measured in the GPi and GPe (external globus pallidus) of three PD patients and in the STN of another three PD patients. Stable basal release values of the examined amino acids were obtained within one hour. In clinical "off" state, the basal levels of GABA in the GPi were double those in the GPe in all the three patients. This finding could represent a biochemical marker for GPi target identification in PD surgery. Acute subcutaneous apormorphine administration induced electrophysiological changes and clinical amelioration but did not change amino acid concentrations. This result could be due to methodological limitations of the microdialysis technique. Alternatively, it could suggest that the clinical effects of acute apomorphine might also be mediated by direct activation of dopaminergic receptors located in the output nuclei.
AB - We performed a microdialysis investigation of extracellular amino acid (glutamate and GABA) concentrations during sterotaxic neurosurgery (the implantation of permanent electrode in the internal globus pallidus (GPi) or subthalamic nucleus (STN) for deep brain stimulation in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, after prolonged therapy wash-out). Electrophysiological single unit recordings and perioperative clinical status assessments were also performed. Amino acid levels were measured in the GPi and GPe (external globus pallidus) of three PD patients and in the STN of another three PD patients. Stable basal release values of the examined amino acids were obtained within one hour. In clinical "off" state, the basal levels of GABA in the GPi were double those in the GPe in all the three patients. This finding could represent a biochemical marker for GPi target identification in PD surgery. Acute subcutaneous apormorphine administration induced electrophysiological changes and clinical amelioration but did not change amino acid concentrations. This result could be due to methodological limitations of the microdialysis technique. Alternatively, it could suggest that the clinical effects of acute apomorphine might also be mediated by direct activation of dopaminergic receptors located in the output nuclei.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11396272
AN - SCOPUS:0035020496
VL - 16
SP - 57
EP - 66
JO - Functional Neurology
JF - Functional Neurology
SN - 0393-5264
IS - 1
ER -