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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a preferential loss of the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta. Although the etiology of PD is unknown, major biochemical processes such as oxidative stress and mitochondrial inhibition are largely described. However, despite these findings, the actual therapeutics are essentially symptomatical and are...
Riluzole, has previously been shown to be protective in animal models of Parkinson's disease in vivo. In the present study the effects of riluzole on the intrastriatal formation and accumulation of MPP + , after i.p. injection of MPTP were tested in mice, using two different experimental protocols. In the first protocol, mice were treated with a single dose (15 mg/kg i.p.) of MPTP and MPP...
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