Noradrenergic loss enhances MDMA toxicity and induces ubiquitin-positive striatal whorls

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Ferrucci, M ^a,b,c   Gesi, M ^a,b,c   Lenzi, P ^a,b,c   Soldani, P ^a,b,c   Ruffoli, R ^a,b,c   Pellegrini, A ^a,b,c   Ruggieri, S ^b,c   Paparelli, A ^a,b,c   Fornai, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MONOAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CELL LOSS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPSE;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 0036756879     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720200077     Document Type: Article

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