title: Failure to detect 6-hydroxydopamine in rat striatum after the dopamine releasing drugs dexamphetamine, methylamphetamine and MPTP.
abstract: Large doses of dexamphetamine, methylamphetamine and MPTP failed to induce the formation of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in rat striatum. The potent dopamine (DA) releasing actions of these drugs and of the MPTP metabolite MPP+ were shown by intracerebral dialysis of DA in conscious rats but 6-OHDA was not detectable in the perfusates. Neurotoxic effects of these DA releasing drugs are therefore probably not due, as previously suggested, to 6-OHDA formation and its subsequent uptake into nerve terminals.
mesh_terms: D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium; D000662:Amphetamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003956:Dialysis; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D016627:Oxidopamine; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D011725:Pyridines; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D016627:Oxidopamine; D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium; D004298:Dopamine