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ArticleBiomedicines2021

A Guide to the Generation of a 6-Hydroxydopamine Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease for the Study of Non-Motor Symptoms.

Débora Masini, Carina Plewnia, Maëlle Bertho, Nicolas Scalbert, Vittorio Caggiano, Gilberto Fisone

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Article in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Débora MasiniDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1467-2388
Carina PlewniaDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Maëlle BerthoDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Nicolas ScalbertDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Vittorio CaggianoDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2186-1550
Gilberto FisoneDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0719-8000
Karolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Parkinson's disease (PD), a large number of symptoms affecting the peripheral and central nervous system precede, develop in parallel to, the cardinal motor symptoms of the disease. The study of these conditions, which are often refractory to and may even be exacerbated by standard dopamine replacement therapies, relies on the availability of appropriate animal models. Previous work in rodents showed that injection of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in discrete brain regions reproduces several non-motor comorbidities commonly associated with PD, including cognitive deficits, depression, anxiety, as well as disruption of olfactory discrimination and circadian rhythm. However, the use of 6-OHDA is frequently associated with significant post-surgical mortality. Here, we describe the generation of a mouse model of PD based on bilateral injection of 6-OHDA in the dorsal striatum. We show that the survival rates of males and females subjected to this lesion differ significantly, with a much higher mortality among males, and provide a protocol of enhanced pre- and post-operative care, which nearly eliminates animal loss. We also briefly discuss the utility of this model for the study of non-motor comorbidities of PD.

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6-hydroxydopaminebasal gangliabehaviorbilateralmousenon-motor symptomsParkinson’s diseaseprodromalrodent surgerystriatum

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PMCPMC8227396
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