Dopamine

MPTP a neurotoxin research model of Parkinson’s Disease

April 15, 2017April 5, 2020 Theodora Hill 2 Comments Disease Model, Dopamine, Drug trial, drugs, Medical Research, MPPP, MPTP, neuro, Neuroscience, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, PD, research, Research model

The toxin 1-methyl-4-phyenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), causes irreversible Parkinson’s disease symptoms (Parkinsonism) through the destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra