Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease

MF Bastide, WG Meissner, B Picconi, S Fasano… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Involuntary movements, or dyskinesia, represent a debilitating complication of levodopa (L-
dopa) therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). L-dopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) are ultimately …

Metabotropic glutamate receptors and neurodegenerative diseases

FM Ribeiro, LB Vieira, RGW Pires, RP Olmo… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Glutamate is the most important excitatory neurotransmitter of the mammalian central
nervous system (CNS), playing an important role in memory, synaptic plasticity and neuronal …

Role of mitogen activated protein kinase signaling in Parkinson's disease

A Bohush, G Niewiadomska, A Filipek - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by insufficient dopamine
production due to the loss of 50% to 70% of dopaminergic neurons. A shortage of dopamine …

Non-dopaminergic approaches to the treatment of motor complications in Parkinson's disease

MA Cenci, K Skovgård, P Odin - Neuropharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Dopamine replacement therapy with l-DOPA is the most efficacious symptomatic treatment
for Parkinson's disease, but its utility is limited by a development of motor fluctuations and …

Continuous dopaminergic stimulation as a treatment for Parkinson's disease: current status and future opportunities

CW Olanow, P Calabresi, JA Obeso - Movement Disorders, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Levodopa‐induced motor complications remain an important source of disability for many
patients with Parkinson's disease. Substantial laboratory evidence indicates that motor …

Chemogenetic stimulation of striatal projection neurons modulates responses to Parkinson's disease therapy

C Alcacer, L Andreoli, I Sebastianutto… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Parkinson's disease (PD) patients experience loss of normal motor function (hypokinesia),
but can develop uncontrollable movements known as dyskinesia upon treatment with L …

Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease: a perspective through preclinical and clinical evidence

R Bandopadhyay, N Mishra, R Rana, G Kaur… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second leading neurodegenerative disease that is
characterized by severe locomotor abnormalities. Levodopa (L-DOPA) treatment has been …

The signaling and pharmacology of the dopamine D1 receptor

J Jones-Tabah, H Mohammad, EG Paulus… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The dopamine D1 receptor (D1R) is a Gαs/olf-coupled GPCR that is expressed in the
midbrain and forebrain, regulating motor behavior, reward, motivational states, and cognitive …

Molecular basis of dopamine replacement therapy and its side effects in Parkinson's disease

H You, LL Mariani, G Mangone… - Cell and tissue …, 2018 - Springer
There is currently no cure for Parkinson's disease. The symptomatic therapeutic strategy
essentially relies on dopamine replacement whose efficacy was demonstrated more than 50 …

mGlu receptors in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia

I Sebastianutto, MA Cenci - Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Targeting specific mGluRs normalizes excessive glutamate/GABA transmission in
PD and LID models.•mGluR5 NAMs normalise biochemical and molecular changes …