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Methamphetamine-gonadal steroid hormonal interactions: effects upon acute toxicity and striatal dopamine concentrations.

Methamphetamine (MA)-related deaths and nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) neurotoxicity are greater in males. The exact basis for this gender difference is not known, but data, which show that estrogen (E) can function as a protectant of both the…

A novel biomechanical analysis of gait changes in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-associated neurodegenerative disorder hallmarked by a loss of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Accurate recapitulation of the PD movement phenotype in animal models of the disease is critical for understanding…

Tags: 2015, Behavior, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dluzen Dean E, Gait, Geldenhuys Werner J, Gender-bias, Guseman Tamara L, Locomotion, MPTP, NEOMED College of Medicine, PeerJ, Pienaar Ilse S, Young Jesse W

Estrogen, testosterone, and gender differences.

The purpose of this report is to gain some current perspective on the definition, bases, and trends for research associated with gender differences. To accomplish this goal an analysis on the number of citations from a 1994-2004 Medline search with…

Tags: *Gender Identity, *Sex Characteristics, 2005, Dluzen Dean E, Endocrine, Estrogens/*physiology, Female, Humans, Male, Testosterone/*physiology

Estrogen, testosterone, and methamphetamine toxicity.

The gonadal steroid hormone, estrogen, can diminish the degree of striatal dopamine depletion resulting from methamphetamine. In this article, we describe the conditions of this estrogen neuroprotection as well as the potential for estrogen and…

Tags: 2006, Animals, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Corpus Striatum/drug effects/metabolism, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine Agents/*administration & dosage/toxicity, Drug Interactions, Estrogens/*pharmacology, Female, Male, McDermott Janet L, Methamphetamine/*administration & dosage/toxicity, Mice, Testosterone/*pharmacology

Developmental and genetic influences upon gender differences in methamphetamine-induced nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurotoxicity.

The gonadal steroid hormone estrogen (E) may play an important role in sex differences in methamphetamine (MA)-induced neurotoxicity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) system because E can serve as a neuroprotectant in female, but not male,…

Tags: *Sex Characteristics, 2004, Animals, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects/growth & development/metabolism, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Female, Humans, Male, McDermott Janet L, Methamphetamine/*toxicity, Substantia Nigra/*drug effects/growth & development/metabolism

Effects of estrogen and related agents upon methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity within an impaired nigrostriatal dopaminergic system of ovariectomized mice.

Estrogen increases methamphetamine (MA)-induced neurotoxicity within the impaired nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) system of ovariectomized female mice, as defined by enhanced striatal dopamine (DA) depletion. In this study we compared the effects…

Sex differences in methamphetamine-evoked striatal dopamine output are abolished following gonadectomy: comparisons with potassium-evoked output and responses in prepubertal mice.

Sex differences are reported for methamphetamine (MA)-induced neurotoxicity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system. In an attempt to understand some of the bases for these differences, we investigated MA-evoked dopamine (DA) responses from…

Tags: 2005, Animals, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/*pharmacology, Dopamine/*metabolism, Female, In Vitro Techniques, Male, Methamphetamine/*pharmacology, Mice, Neostriatum/drug effects/*metabolism, Neuroendocrinology, Orchiectomy, Ovariectomy, Potassium/*pharmacology, Salvaterra Ty J, Sex Characteristics, Sexual Maturation

Dose-response effects of estrogen and tamoxifen upon methamphetamine-induced behavioral responses and neurotoxicity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in female mice.

In the present experiment we evaluated the dose-response effects of estrogen (estradiol benzoate; EB) and tamoxifen (TMX) in modulating the acute behavioral and chronic effects of methamphetamine (MA) upon the nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) system…

Gender differences in methamphetamine-induced mRNA associated with neurodegeneration in the mouse nigrostriatal dopaminergic system.

In this report female and male CD-1 mice were treated with a neurotoxic regimen of methamphetamine (MA) to compare gender differences in striatal dopamine depletion and concordant changes in mRNA markers of the transforming growth factor-beta injury…

Estrogen, anti-estrogen, and gender: differences in methamphetamine neurotoxicity.

In Part 1 of this report, we review data on the effects of estrogen (E), the anti-E tamoxifen (TMX), and testosterone (T) on methamphetamine (METH)-induced neurotoxicity in female and male CD-1 mice. Treatment of gonadectomized females with a…

Tags: *Neurotoxins, *Sex Characteristics, 2002, Animals, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Biological, Dluzen Dean E, Estrogen Antagonists/*pharmacology, Estrogens/*physiology, Female, Humans, Male, McDermott Janet L, Methamphetamine/*toxicity, Mice, Models, Tamoxifen/pharmacology, Testosterone/pharmacology

Oestrogen and nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration: animal models and clinical reports of Parkinson's disease.

1. The exact nature of oestrogen (positive, negative or no effect) in the dopaminergic neurodegenerative disorder Parkinson's disease is controversial. 2. In the present review, we summarize the data on oestrogen and nigrostriatal dopaminergic…

Tags: 2007, Animal, Animals, Basal Ganglia/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology, Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology, Disease Models, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Estrogens/*metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Humans, Liu Bin, Nerve Degeneration/drug therapy/*metabolism/pathology, Neurons/metabolism/pathology, Neuroprotective Agents/*metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Parkinson Disease/drug therapy/*metabolism/pathology, Parkinsonian Disorders/drug therapy/*metabolism/pathology, Substantia Nigra/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology

Gender differences in methamphetamine use and responses: a review.

BACKGROUND: Men and women differ markedly with regard to their use of, and responses to, methamphetamine (MA) and related amphetamines. However, these gender differences oftentimes are given only a cursory consideration in the analyses of these MA…

Tags: *Amphetamine-Related Disorders, *Gender Identity, *Sex Characteristics, 2008, Animals, Central Nervous System Stimulants/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology, Depressive Disorder/drug therapy, Dluzen Dean E, Female, Gender medicine, Humans, Liu Bin, Male, Methamphetamine/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology, Sex Factors, Substance-Related Disorders

Castration increases nisoxetine-evoked norepinephrine levels in vivo within the olfactory bulb of male rats.

In the present experiment we compared differences in extracellular norepinephrine levels in vivo within the olfactory bulb of intact and castrated male rats following infusion of the norepinephrine transport inhibitors, nisoxetine and tomoxetine.…

Modulation of olfactory bulb tyrosine hydroxylase and catecholamine transporter mRNA by estrogen.

Since estrogen exerts wide ranging effects within the central nervous system, it is important to investigate the sites and actions of this gonadal steroid hormone at extra-hypothalamic locations. In the present report, the effects of estrogen upon…

Unconventional effects of estrogen uncovered.

The nigrostriatal dopamine system shows marked gender differences that, in many cases, can be attributable to estrogen. However, the virtual absence of conventional estrogen receptors within the nigrostriatal dopamine system has made it difficult to…

Tags: 2005, Animals, Corpus Striatum/*metabolism/physiology, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine D2/metabolism, Dopamine/*metabolism, Estrogens/*physiology, GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism, Humans, Receptors, Signal Transduction/physiology, Substantia Nigra/*metabolism/physiology, Trends in pharmacological sciences

Gender differences in modulatory effects of tamoxifen upon the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system.

It has been demonstrated that the gonadal steroid hormone estrogen can exert neuroprotective effects upon the nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) system against methamphetamine (MA)-induced neurotoxicity in female, but not male, mice. In contrast, the…

Tags: *Sex Characteristics, 2005, Animals, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects/metabolism, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Female, Male, Mice, Mickley Katherine R, Motor Activity/drug effects/physiology, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Substantia Nigra/*drug effects/metabolism, Tamoxifen/*pharmacology

Markers associated with testosterone enhancement of methamphetamine-induced striatal dopaminergic neurotoxicity.

Intact male CD-1 mice received an injection of testosterone propionate (TP–5 ug), progesterone (P–5 mg), the oil vehicle or remained untreated (control). At 24 hours after hormonal treatments the mice received an injection of methamphetamine (MA–40…

Sex differences in methamphetamine-evoked striatal dopamine of mice are reversed by nomifensine.

Male mice show more severe striatal dopamine depletions to the psychostimulant, methamphetamine (MA). To gain some understanding for this sex difference, we examined MA-evoked dopamine (DA) responses from superfused striatal tissue fragments of male…

Age-related changes in nigrostriatal dopaminergic function in heterozygous mutant dopamine transporter knock-out mice.

In this report we compared three different parameters of nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) function - locomotor activity, striatal dopamine (DA) levels and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC)/DA ratios between heterozygous mutant dopamine…

Testosterone enhances dopamine depletion by methamphetamine in male, but not female, mice.

We examined the effects of varying concentrations of testosterone propionate (T) treatment within intact and gonadectomized male and female mice with regard to its capacity to alter striatal dopamine (DA) depletion in response to a neurotoxic regimen…

Tags: *Sex Characteristics, 2008, Animals, Castration/methods, Corpus Striatum/drug effects/metabolism, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/*pharmacology, Dopamine/*metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Lewis Chandani, Male, Methamphetamine/*pharmacology, Mice, Neuroscience letters, Testosterone Propionate/*pharmacology

The effect of gender and the neurotrophin, BDNF, upon methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in mice.

The interactive effects between gender and a selective alteration in the neurotrophin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) upon methamphetamine (MA)-induced neurotoxicity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) system were assessed. MA…

Dimebon attenuates methamphetamine, but not MPTP, striatal dopamine depletion.

Dimebon is an anti-histamine with central nervous system activity. In this report the effects of dimebon as a neuroprotectant in animal models of Parkinson's disease were tested as assessed in methamphetamine- and MPTP-induced striatal dopaminergic…

Tags: 2012, Animals, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects/metabolism, Darvesh Altaf S, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Drug Synergism, Geldenhuys Werner J, Inbred C57BL, Indoles/*pharmacology, Methamphetamine/*pharmacology, Mice, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Neurochemistry international

Parity decreases methamphetamine-induced striatal dopaminergic perturbation.

The role of parity upon methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity of the striatal dopaminergic system was assessed. Female CD-1 mice either remained nulliparous or underwent one or three complete pregnancies and were designated as the 0, 1 or 3 pregnancy…

Tags: *Parity, 2011, Animals, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects/metabolism/physiology, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Female, Methamphetamine/*pharmacology, Mice, Neurochemistry international, Pregnancy

The effect of freezing and extraction upon striatal dopaminergic function.

Determinations of striatal dopamine (DA) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) concentrations were compared under conditions where tissue was either frozen followed by extraction (FE) or extracted followed by freezing (EF). In Experiment 1,…

Tags: *Freezing, 2011, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Chemical Fractionation/methods, Corpus Striatum/*metabolism, Cryopreservation/methods, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Journal of neuroscience methods, Male, Mice, Time Factors

Effects of a novel dopamine uptake inhibitor upon extracellular dopamine from superfused murine striatal tissue.

The dopamine transporter (DAT) plays an important role in substance abuse, schizophrenia, and dopaminergic toxicity associated with the Parkinsonian animal model toxin, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). Accordingly, the DAT serves…

Impact of circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha on midbrain dopamine production and mood regulation.

The circadian nature of mood and its dysfunction in affective disorders is well recognized, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Here, we show that the circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha, which is associated with bipolar…

Dopamine transporter function differences between male and female CD-1 mice.

It has been reported that male mice are more susceptible to the neurotoxic effects of methamphetamine (MA) upon the nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) system. Since MA utilizes the dopamine transporter (DAT) to exert its effects, in the present study,…

Tags: *Sex Characteristics, 2005, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, Animals, Bhatt Sandeep D, Brain research, Corpus Striatum/physiology, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Dopamine/physiology, Female, Male, Membrane Glycoproteins/*physiology, Membrane Transport Proteins/*physiology, Mice, Nerve Tissue Proteins/*physiology

Tamoxifen increases methamphetamine-evoked dopamine output from superfused striatal tissue fragments of male mice.

The antiestrogen, tamoxifen (TMX), has been shown to function as a neuroprotectant against the nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) neurotoxin, methamphetamine (MA), within male mice. In the present report, we examined the effects of a combined infusion…

Tags: 2004, Animals, Brain research, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects/*metabolism, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine Agents/*pharmacology, Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Dopamine/*metabolism, Drug Synergism, Estrogen Antagonists/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism, Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism, Methamphetamine/*pharmacology, Mice, Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism, Tamoxifen/*pharmacology, Willett Matthew C

Structure-activity relationship and docking studies of thiazolidinedione-type compounds with monoamine oxidase B.

The neuroprotective activity of pioglitazone and rosiglitazone in the MPTP parkinsonian mouse prompted us to evaluate a set of thiazolidinedione (TZD) type compounds for monoamine oxidase A and B inhibition activity. These compounds were able to…

Genetic alteration in the dopamine transporter differentially affects male and female nigrostriatal transporter systems.

Female mice with a heterozygous mutation of their dopamine transporter (+/- DAT) showed relatively robust reductions in striatal DAT specific binding (38-50%), while +/- DAT males showed modest reductions (24-32%). Significant decreases in substantia…

Sex differences in striatal dopaminergic function within heterozygous mutant dopamine transporter knock-out mice.

The issue of whether a deletion of the dopamine transporter (DAT) allele (+/- DAT) would differentially alter striatal dopamine (DA) and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) concentrations and DA release upon potassium and methamphetamine (MA)…

Rotenone produces opposite effects upon mouse striatal dopamine function as a result of environmental temperature.

Rotenone is a commonly used pesticide that can function as an environmental neurotoxin. Rotenone is a known mitochondrial complex I inhibitor which can lead to oxidative stress and results in dopaminergic cell death. Another environmental factor…

Tags: *temperature, 2006, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Brain Chemistry/drug effects/physiology/radiation effects, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects/metabolism, Crutchfield Karla C, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Insecticides/*pharmacology, Methamphetamine/pharmacology, Mice, Neurotoxicity research, Rotenone/*pharmacology

Tags: *MAO-B inhibitor, *methyl yellow, *MPTP mouse model, *Parkinson's disease, *TMRM, 2014, Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, Dluzen Dean E, Geldenhuys Werner J, Kochi Akiko, Lim Mi Hee, Lin Li, Sutariya Vijaykumar, Van der Schyf Cornelis J

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