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Choline acetyltransferase activity and [3H]vesamicol binding in the temporal cortex of patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and rats with basal forebrain lesions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2166243     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
[3H]Vesamicol binding was characterized in human brain post mortem. The number of binding sites was then determined in parallel with choline acetyltransferase activity in the temporal cortex of patients with Alzheimer's disease, demented and non-demented patients with Parkinson's disease, and in the cerebral cortex of rats with quisqualic acid lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Whereas choline acetyltransferase activity decreased in patients with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease indicating loss of cholinergic innervation, the number of binding sites for [3H]vesamicol was the same as or higher than in controls. Similar results were obtained with the lesioned rats. It is suggested that the increase in binding sites may reflect compensatory regulation of the spared neurons at the level of the synaptic vesicle.
Authors:
M Ruberg; W Mayo; A Brice; C Duyckaerts; J J Hauw; H Simon; M LeMoal; Y Agid
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuroscience     Volume:  35     ISSN:  0306-4522     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuroscience     Publication Date:  1990  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-09-11     Completed Date:  1990-09-11     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7605074     Medline TA:  Neuroscience     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  327-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
INSERM U. 289, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease / metabolism*,  physiopathology
Animals
Brain Injuries / chemically induced,  metabolism*
Choline O-Acetyltransferase / metabolism*
Female
Humans
Hydroxydopamines
Kinetics
Male
Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents / metabolism
Oxadiazoles
Oxidopamine
Parkinson Disease / metabolism*
Phencyclidine / analogs & derivatives*,  metabolism
Piperidines*
Quisqualic Acid
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Receptors, Neurotransmitter / metabolism*
Receptors, Phencyclidine
Reference Values
Substantia Nigra / metabolism
Temporal Lobe / metabolism*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Hydroxydopamines; 0/Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents; 0/Oxadiazoles; 0/Piperidines; 0/Receptors, Neurotransmitter; 0/Receptors, Phencyclidine; 1199-18-4/Oxidopamine; 22232-64-0/vesamicol; 52809-07-1/Quisqualic Acid; 77-10-1/Phencyclidine; EC 2.3.1.6/Choline O-Acetyltransferase

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