Biochemical mechanisms of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine toxicity. Could oxidative stress be involved in the brain?

Biochem Pharmacol. 1991 Apr 15;41(8):1099-105. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(91)90646-m.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / drug effects*
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism
  • Dopamine / metabolism
  • Free Radicals
  • Glutathione / metabolism
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / metabolism
  • Lipid Peroxides / metabolism
  • Liver / drug effects
  • MPTP Poisoning*
  • Mesencephalon / metabolism
  • Mitochondria / drug effects
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Parkinson Disease / physiopathology
  • Vitamin E / physiology

Substances

  • Free Radicals
  • Lipid Peroxides
  • Vitamin E
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Glutathione
  • Dopamine