1H-[13C]-NMR Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Levodopa Treatment in MPTP Mouse Model of Parkinsons Disease

Anant Bahadur Patel¹, Anup Nirmal Chugani¹, Rajeeva Voleti¹, Puneet Bagga¹

MPTP is widely used chemical model to study the pathophysilogy of Parkinsons disease. Levodopa is the most successful drug used for the treatment of Parkinsons disease. Efficacy of levodopa for improving cerebral metabolism in MPTP treated mice was evaluated by ¹H-[¹³C]-NMR spectroscopy in conjunction with infusion of [1,6-¹³C₂]glucose. Cortical and striatal glucose oxidation by glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, and total neurotransmission were found to be reduced in MPTP treated mice. Acute levodopa treatment improves the cerebral metabolism to the control level.