Abstract
The characteristics of motor function and brain dopamine (DA) metabolism in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-treated mice after immersion immobilization stress were investigated. There was no significant difference in locomotor activities between MPTP-treated and saline-treated mice, but locomotor activities of MPTP-treated mice after stress decreased more remarkably than those of saline-treated mice. Immediately after stress, striatal DA concentrations of MPTP-treated mice were significantly lower than those of saline-treated mice. Striatal DA levels improved when 24 h passed after stress. The striatal and cortical (DOPAC + HVA)/DA ratios of MPTP-and stress-treated mice was significantly higher than that of saline-and stress-treated mice. It is due to the decreased DA level and the enhancement of DA turnover that MPTP-treated mice became remarkably akinetic after stress, and that L-DOPA therapy is not effective when the symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease worsen due to stress.
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