Publication Date:
1983-05-06
Description:
Concentrations of biogenic amine metabolites in discrete brain areas differed significantly between dogs with genetically transmitted narcolepsy and age- and breed-matched controls. Dopamine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid were consistently elevated in the brains of narcoleptic animals, while homovanillic acid was not. Narcoleptic animals consistently exhibited lower utilization of dopamine and higher intraneuronal degradation of dopamine but no uniform decrease in serotonin utilization. Hence neuropathology appears to be associated with genetically transmitted canine narcolepsy. The data indicate a nonglobal depression of dopamine utilization or turnover or both.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mefford, I N -- Baker, T L -- Boehme, R -- Foutz, A S -- Ciaranello, R D -- Barchas, J D -- Dement, W C -- MH 05804/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- MH 23861/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- NS 13211/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 May 6;220(4597):629-32.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6188216" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/analysis
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Animals
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*Brain Chemistry
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*Disease Models, Animal
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Dogs
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Dopamine/analysis
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Epinephrine/analysis
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Homovanillic Acid/analysis
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Humans
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Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid/analysis
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Narcolepsy/*physiopathology
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Norepinephrine/analysis
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Serotonin/analysis
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Sleep, REM/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
