ACTH/Cortisol Involvement in the Serotonergic Disorder Affecting the Parkinsonian Brain
作者:
R. Volpi,
P. Caffarra,
S. Boni,
A. Scaglioni,
L. Malvezzi,
A. Saginario,
P. Chiodera,
V. Coiro,
期刊:
Neuropsychobiology
(Karger Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 35,
issue 2
页码: 73-78
ISSN:0302-282X
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1159/000119394
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Fenfluramine;Parkinson’s disease;Serotonergic system;Adrenocorticotropic hormone;Cortisol
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
In order to establish whether the serotonergic disorder affecting the parkinsonian brain also modifies hypothalamic-pituitary function in Parkinson’s disease, 10 patients (aged 57–66 years) and 10 normal controls (aged 55–69 years) were tested with the serotonergic agonist d,l-fenfluramine (60 mg p.o.), with CRH (100 µg i.v.) and with placebos. Plasma ACTH/cortisol levels during tests were evaluated and compared. Both groups showed similar levels of ACTH and cortisol in basal conditions and after placebo administration. A slight physiological decline in both ACTH and cortisol levels during the placebo test was observed in normal controls and parkinsonian patients. CRH induced similar ACTH/cortisol increments in all subjects. In contrast, d,l-fenfluramine significantly increased plasma ACTH/cortisol concentrations in the normal controls, but not in the parkinsonian patients. These data show a defective serotonergic control of the pituitary-adrenal axis in Parkinson’s
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