Inflammation in Parkinson's disease

KU Tufekci, R Meuwissen, S Genc, K Genc - Advances in protein chemistry …, 2012 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by
the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta …

Dopamine, T cells and multiple sclerosis (MS)

M Levite, F Marino, M Cosentino - Journal of Neural Transmission, 2017 - Springer
Dopamine is a key neurotransmitter that induces critical effects in the nervous system and in
many peripheral organs, via 5 dopamine receptors (DRs): D1R–D5R. Dopamine also …

Inhibitory effects of amantadine on the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by stimulated in vitro human blood

M Kubera, M Maes, B Budziszewska… - Pharmacological …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Treatment with amantadine (AMA), an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor
antagonist and antidepressant drug, increased the antidepressant activity of subsequent …

Effect of co-administration of fluoxetine and amantadine on immunoendocrine parameters in rats subjected to a forced swimming test

Z Rogóż, M Kubera, K Rogóż, A Basta-Kaim… - Pharmacological …, 2009 - Springer
Considerable attention has been paid to a possible role of immunological dysregulation in
the pathogenesis of depression. It has been reported that combined administration of …

Effect of amantadine and imipramine on immunological parameters of rats subjected to a forced swimming test

M Kubera, A Basta-Kaim… - International Journal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The activation of cell-mediated immunity and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis may
play a role in the pathophysiology of depression, especially a treatment-resistant one, and …

Amantadine in Parkinson's disease: lymphocyte subsets and IL-2 secreting T cell precursor frequencies

GG Tribl, C Wöber, V Schönborn, T Brücke… - Experimental …, 2001 - Elsevier
The antiviral drug amantadine, that is effective in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), may
affect the composition and function of peripheral blood lymphocytes. In an explorative study …

Parkinson's Disease, Therapy with Drugs and Nanotechnology

K KÜÇÜKOĞLU, H NADAROGLU - International Journal of …, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a disorder that destroys neurons in the extrapyramidal
dopaminergic pathway in the brain. In the world, the number of patients with PD is 10 million …

Inhibition of lymphocyte proliferation by amantadine and its isomer, 2-aminoadamantane; impact on Lyt-2+ T cells while sparing L3T4+ cells

C Clark, MM Woodson, HT Nagasawa - Immunopharmacology, 1991 - Elsevier
The present in vitro investigations on amantadine (AmTd) and its isomer 2-
aminoadamantane (2-NH 2-Adam), and the corresponding analogs, 1-nitroadamantane (1 …

Einfluss von Ribavirin und Amantadin auf immunkompetente Zellen

SM Lohs - 2022 - tobias-lib.ub.uni-tuebingen.de
Ribavirin wurde als eines der ältesten Virostatika zuletzt va zur Therapie der chronischen
Hepatitis C verwendet. Sein genauer Wirkungsmechanismus ist aber unbekannt. Es scheint …

Amantadine regulates the severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Y Fukumoto, K Miyamoto, K Moriguchi… - Neurology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Amantadine has been reported to have a neuroprotective effect, and it is
therefore expected to have further clinical application. Aim In this study, we examined the …