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ReviewBosnian journal of basic medical sciences2021

MPTP-induced mouse model of Parkinson's disease: A promising direction of therapeutic strategies.

Musa Mustapha, Che Norma Mat Taib

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Review in Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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126citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 214 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Musa MustaphaDepartment of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti PutraMalaysia, Serdang, Selangor (Darul Ehsan), Malaysia; Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Che Norma Mat TaibDepartment of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti PutraMalaysia, Serdang, Selangor (Darul Ehsan), Malaysia.
Ahmadu Bello University · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the popular animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) commonly used in research are those that employ neurotoxins, especially 1-methyl- 4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). This neurotoxin exerts it neurotoxicity by causing a barrage of insults, such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial apoptosis, inflammation, excitotoxicity, and formation of inclusion bodies acting singly and in concert, ultimately leading to dopaminergic neuronal damage in the substantia nigra pars compacta and striatum. The selective neurotoxicity induced by MPTP in the nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons of the mouse brain has led to new perspectives on PD. For decades, the MPTP-induced mouse model of PD has been the gold standard in PD research even though it does not fully recapitulate PD symptomatology, but it does have the advantages of simplicity, practicability, affordability, and fewer ethical considerations and greater clinical correlation than those of other toxin models of PD. The model has rejuvenated PD research and opened new frontiers in the quest for more novel therapeutic and adjuvant agents for PD. Hence, this review summarizes the role of MPTP in producing Parkinson-like symptoms in mice and the experimental role of the MPTP-induced mouse model. We discussed recent developments of more promising PD therapeutics to enrich our existing knowledge about this neurotoxin using this model.

Indexed as

1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridineDisease Models, AnimalAnimalsAntiparkinson AgentsApoptosisDopaminergic NeuronsMiceNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative StressParkinson Disease1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridineAntiparkinson AgentsNeuroprotective Agents

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PMID33357211
PMCPMC8292858
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