title: Alteration of the striatal dopaminergic system in human narcolepsy.
abstract: Striatal D2/D3 dopaminergic receptors have been proposed to play a role in cataplexy. The authors studied the striatal presynaptic dopamine transporter and postsynaptic D2-receptors in seven patients with narcolepsy and seven control subjects using [123I](N)-(3-iodopropene-2-yl)-2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-chlorophenyl)tropane and [123I](S)-2-hydroxy-3-iodo-6-methoxy-([1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinyl]methyl)benzamide SPECT. D2-receptor binding was elevated in narcolepsy (p = 0.017) and correlated with the frequency of cataplectic and sleep attacks (R > or = 0.844, p < or = 0.017). The human striatal dopaminergic system is altered in vivo in narcolepsy/cataplexy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology, University of Munich, Germany. eisen@nefo.med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eisensehr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Linke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatsch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: von Lindeiner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kharraz
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gildehaus
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eberle
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pollmacher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schuld
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noachtar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001549:Benzamides; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000737:chemistry*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000032:analysis*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014326:Tropanes
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D014326:Tropanes; C087210:N-(3-iodopropen-1-yl)-2-carbomethoxy-3-(4-chlorophenyl)tropane; C055743:3-iodo-2-hydroxy-6-methoxy-N-((1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl)benzamide