Dopamine (DA) and serotonin metabolic levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in Alzheimer's presenile dementia under basic conditions and after stimulation with cerebral cortex phospholipids (BC-PL)
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Neurologie
- Vol. 224 (1) , 53-58
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00313207
Abstract
HVA and 5-HIAA levels in CSF were investigated in ten patients with presenile Alzheimer's dementia. As reported by others, CSF levels of dopamine and serotonin metabolism are lower in patients with presenile dementia than in normal controls of the same age. After lumbar puncture, the patients were treated with cerebral cortex phospholipids (200 mg i.v. daily). This produced a significant increase in CSF levels of HVA and 5-HIAA, as well as a reduction of serum PL. The data are interpreted as proving an active pharmacological action of cerebral cortex phospholipids on the various processes of the neurotransmitter substances in demential syndromes. Es wurde bei zehn Patienten mit praseniler Alzheimer Demenz der Gehalt des Liquor cerebrospinalis an Homovanillinsäure (HVA) und 5-Hydroxindolessigsäure (5-HIAA) untersucht. Wie schon andere Autoren mitgeteilt haben, ist der Gehalt an Stoffwechselprodukten von Serotonin und Dopamin im Liquor geringer bei Patienten die an präseniler Demenz leiden als bei normalen Kontrollen gleichen Alters. Nach Lumbalpunktion wurden die Patienten mit Hirnrindephospholipiden behandelt (200 mg/täglich intravenös). Diese Behandlung bewirkte eine nennenswerte Steigerung des Gehaltes an HVA und 5-HIAA im Liquor cerebrospinalis und gleichzeitig eine Senkung der Serumphospholipide. Die Ergebnisse sprechen für eine günstige pharmakologische Bewirkung der Hirnrindephospholipiden auf die verschiedenen Prozesse, an welchen die Transmittersubstanzen in den Demenz-Syndromen teilnehmen.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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