title: Effect of GM1 ganglioside treatment on the recovery of dopaminergic nigro-striatal neurons after different types of lesion.
abstract: The effect of GM1 ganglioside treatment on the recovery of biochemical and behavioral parameters which define the activity of nigro-striatal dopaminergic systems has been investigated in rats after different types of lesion. GM1 favours the recovery of tyrosine-hydroxylase activity, of the number and affinity of 3H-N-n-propyl-norapomorphine binding sites in the striatum of the lesioned side and reduces the apomorphine-induced rotational behavior after mechanical (i.e. unilateral hemitransection) but not after chemical (i.e. 6-OHDA injected in the substantia nigra) lesion. The source of regrowing dopaminergic nerve terminals in the striatum after hemitransection is mainly a response of intact remaining axons of the ipsilateral side. Moreover the contralateral nigro-striatal systems seems to play, through intrathalamic connections, an important role in regulating the GM1-induced increase of the tyrosine-hydroxylase activity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D016627:Oxidopamine; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects*; D012399:Rotation; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides; D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside; C009074:N-n-propylnorapomorphine; D016627:Oxidopamine; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D001058:Apomorphine