DOPAMINE D2 RECEPTOR-BINDING AND CEREBRAL GLUCOSE-METABOLISM RECOVER AFTER D-PENICILLAMINE-THERAPY IN WILSONS-DISEASE
DOPAMINE D2 RECEPTOR-BINDING AND CEREBRAL GLUCOSE-METABOLISM RECOVER AFTER D-PENICILLAMINE-THERAPY IN WILSONS-DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00920620
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发表时间:
1994-10-01
影响因子:
6
通讯作者:
SEITZ, RJ
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作者:
SCHLAUG, G;HEFTER, H;SEITZ, RJ
Regional cerebral glucose metabolism (rCMRGlc) and dopamine D2 receptor binding were measured in a 31-year-old, severely affected, untreated patient with Wilson's disease of 3 years' duration using positron emission tomography and F-18-deoxyglucose and F-18-methylspiperone ([F-18]MSP), respectively. There was a severe reduction of striatal and extrastriatal rCMRGlc as well as of striatal [F-18]MSP accumulation rate. After 1 year of treatment with D-penicillamine, striatal and extrastriatal rCMRGlc and striatal [F-18]MSP accumulation rate reached almost normal levels. It is hypothesized that recovery of motor functions due to copper trapping therapy was associated with an increase in basal ganglia activity and a re-expression or upregulation of dopamine D2 receptors.