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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. An experimental model of this disease is produced in nonhuman primates by the administration of the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). In this work, we put forward a new quantitative evaluation method that uses video recordings to measure the displacement, gate, gross and fine motor performance of freely moving subjects. Four Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) were trained in a behavioral observation hallway while being recorded with digital video cameras from four different angles. After MPTP intoxication the animals were tested without any drug and after 30 and 90 min of Levodopa/Carbidopa administration. Using a personal computer the following behaviors were measured and evaluated from the video recordings: displacement time across the hallway, reaching time towards rewards, ingestion time, number of attempts to obtain rewards, number of rewards obtained, and level of the highest shelf reached for rewards. Our results show that there was an overall behavioral deterioration after MPTP administration and an overall improvement after Levodopa/Carbidopa treatment. This demonstrates that the HALLWAY task is a sensitive and objective method that allows detailed behavioral evaluation of freely moving monkeys in the MPTP Parkinson's disease model.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0165-0270
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
177
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
361-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19022292-1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Behavioral Sciences, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Biomechanics, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Disability Evaluation, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Dopamine Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Evaluation Studies as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Lameness, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Neurologic Examination, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Neurotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Parkinsonian Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19022292-Video Recording
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative evaluation of MPTP-treated nonhuman parkinsonian primates in the HALLWAY task.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratorio de Neuropsicología, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado. Postal No. 70-250, 04510 Cd. Universitaria, D.F., Mexico.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't