title: Function of dopamine receptors in young-onset Parkinson's disease: prolactin response.
abstract: The basal levels of prolactin (PRL) and their changes after i.v. thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) administration after bromocriptine (BCT) pretreatment (BCT/TRH test) were monitored in 12 patients with young-onset Parkinson's disease (PD) (before 40 years of age) and 10 patients with older-onset PD (after 40 years of age), as well as in two groups of healthy subjects (10 persons in each), age-matched with older-onset (control A) and young-onset (control B) parkinsonians. The basal PRL levels were normal in both groups of patients. When given after BCT, TRH induced a significantly lower PRL increase in older-onset parkinsonians than in controls. This response was even more blunted in young-onset patients, being significantly more attenuated than in older-onset PD patients.
authors: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors: V S
authors: VS
authors: Kostic
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Marinkovic
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Filipovic
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Momcilovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000187:drug effects; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
chemical_list: D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D001971:Bromocriptine; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011388:Prolactin