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  • 2000-2004  (2)
  • Key words Frontal cortex  (1)
  • Keywords: Parkinson's disease  (1)
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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Keywords: Key words Frontal cortex ; Visual cortex ; Primate ; BDNF ; NT4/5
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Distribution and morphological changes of cells containing the signal transducing neurotrophin receptor, full-length Trk B (fl-Trk B), were investigated in the prefrontal cortex (area FD) and the primary visual cortex (area OC) of the macaque monkey between embryonic day 140 and the adult stage. In area FD at the adult stage, fl-Trk B immunoreactivity was mainly observed in the pyramidal cells in layers II/III, V and VI. Small numbers of granule cells in layer IV were immunopositive. Bipolar and multipolar cells in layer II were rarely immunoreactive. At embryonic day 140, the number of fl-Trk B immunoreactive pyramidal cell was high, and gradually decreased until the adult stage. In layer IV, the number of fl-Trk B-ir cells was also high at embryonic day 140, and decreased remarkably from postnatal day 7 to the adult stage. On the other hand, in area OC at the adult stage, cells in layers II/III, IV, V and VI were fl-Trk B immunopositive. From embryonic day 140 until adulthood, the cells in layer IVc were fl-Trk B immunoreactive. The strongest fl-Trk B immunoreactivity in areas FD and OC occurred at postnatal month 6, coinciding with the time of the synapse overproduction. These findings suggest that ligands of fl-Trk B, such as BDNF and NT4/5 may be involved in the development and maintenance of the monkey cerebral cortices.
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Keywords: Parkinson's disease ; N-methylation ; nicotinamide ; aging.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary. The discovery of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) leads to the hypothesis that Parkinson's disease (PD) is may be initiated or precipitated by endogenous toxins by the mechanism similar to that of MPTP in genetically-predisposed individuals. The higher cerebrospinal fluid levels of N-methylated azaheterocyclic amines, such as β-carboline and tetrahydroisoquinoline, have been found in parkinsonian patients compared with age-matched controls. To estimate the N-methylation ability for azaheterocyclic amines in parkinsonian patient, nicotinamide was dosed with 100 mg to 26 parkinsonians and 20 controls consisted of 16 other neurogenic disease patients and 4 healthy volunteers. The urine was collected for 4 h, and then analyzed urinary its metabolites by an improved HPLC method. Nicotinamide has a pyridine ring in its structure and may be metabolized through the pathways similar to those for the endogenous neurotoxins. The urinary excretions of nicotinamide metabolites were significantly affected by aging. The excretion of N1-methylnicotinamide decreased along with aging both in PD patients and controls. In younger (65 years old or younger) PD patients, the excretion amount of N1-methylnicotinamide was significantly higher than that in younger controls. The decline rate of N1-methylnicotinamide excretion in parkinsonians was significantly greater than that in controls; the rate is more than 2-fold higher in parkinsonian patients. The age-associated de-crease in 1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxyamide excretion was observed only in parkinsonian patients, but not in controls. The total excreted amount of N-methylated metabolites (N1-methylnicotinamide plus 1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxyamide) was also observed the age-related decline in both groups. The urinary excretions of nicotinamide and nicotinamide-N-oxide were not influenced by aging. These results would indicate that the excess N-methylation ability for azaheterocyclic amines before the onset had been implicated in PD. On the other hand, the present results suggested that the contribution of aberrant cytochrome P450 or aldehyde oxidase activity acting on the pyridine ring, that could act as detoxification routes of endogenous neurotoxins, would be small in the etiology of PD.
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