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ArticleNeuroscience letters2025

Differential effects of statins on the anti-dyskinetic activity of sub-anesthetic ketamine.

Mitchell J Bartlett, Carolyn J Stopera, Stephen L Cowen, Scott J Sherman, Torsten Falk

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Article in Neuroscience letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Mitchell J BartlettDepartment of Neurology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; Department of Surgery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Electronic address: mbartlet@arizona.edu.
Carolyn J StoperaGraduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Electronic address: cstopera@arizona.edu.
Stephen L CowenDepartment of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. Electronic address: scowen@arizona.edu.
Scott J ShermanDepartment of Neurology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Electronic address: ssherman@arizona.edu.
Torsten FalkDepartment of Neurology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; Department of Pharmacology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Electronic address: tfalk@u.arizona.edu.

Funding

SHORT-TERM TRAINING STUDENTS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOT35HL007479 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI GEOFFREY C GURTNER, JAMES Kuang-Jan LIAO · 1985 to 2026
$4.4M
Mechanisms of Low-Dose Ketamine Treatment for Parkinson's Disease [Diversity Supplement for Raveena Parmar]R01NS122805 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI FALK, TORSTEN · 2021 to 2024
$1.6M
Mechanisms of low-dose ketamine treatment for Parkinson's diseaseR56NS109608 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI FALK, TORSTEN · 2019 to 2019
$385k
NHLBI NIH HHS T35 HL007479NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS122805NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS109608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sub-anesthetic ketamine has been demonstrated to reduce abnormal involuntary movements (AIMs) in preclinical models of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) and retrospective Parkinson's disease (PD) case reports. In this study, we examined the effects on LID of two different statins alone and in combination with ketamine in unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned male rats, the standard model for preclinical LID studies. Ketamine attenuated the development of AIMs, while the non-polar lovastatin only showed anti-dyskinetic activity early in the priming period but did not prevent the development of LID, and the polar pravastatin showed no anti-dyskinetic activity. Furthermore, our main result is that pravastatin blocked the long-term neuroplastic anti-dyskinetic effects of ketamine, while lovastatin did not. This study shows two different statins affect LID and the anti-dyskinetic activity of ketamine differentially, pointing to an important drug interaction. The results further inform and support ongoing clinical testing of sub-anesthetic ketamine to treat LID in individuals with PD.

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Dyskinesia, Drug-InducedHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsKetamineLovastatinPravastatinAnimalsMaleOxidopamineRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsKetamineLovastatinOxidopaminePravastatin

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PMID39761720
PMCPMC12410864

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