Neuropharmacologic distinction of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension syndromes.
Clin Neuropharmacol
; 29(3): 97-105, 2006.
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BACKGROUND: Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (OH) characterizes pure autonomic failure (PAF), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and Parkinson disease (PD) with autonomic failure. We used neuropharmacologic probes that might distinguish these diseases based on loss of sympathetic noradrenergic nerves in PAF and PD + OH but not in MSA, and related the results to neurochemical and neuroimaging findings in the same patients. METHODS: Patients with neurogenic OH (PD + OH; N = 35), MSA (N = 41), and PAF (N = 12) received iv trimethaphan (TRI), which inhibits sympathetic nerve traffic, or yohimbine (YOH), which stimulates sympathetic traffic. Dependent measures included blood pressure, plasma norepinephrine (NE) levels, and interventricular septal myocardial radioactivity after iv injection of the sympathoneural imaging agent, 6-[F]fluorodopamine. RESULTS: The PD + OH and PAF groups had smaller pressor responses to YOH (12 +/- 8 and 13 +/- 1 mm Hg) and depressor responses to TRI (-14 +/- 8 and -17 +/- 7 mm Hg) than did the MSA group (43 +/- 8 mm Hg, -57 +/- 8 mm Hg; P = 0.01, P = 0.03). The PD + OH and MSA groups did not differ in NE responses to YOH and TRI. The depressor response to TRI, the pressor response to YOH, and the blood pressure difference between YOH and TRI all correlated positively with myocardial 6-[F]fluorodopamine-derived radioactivity. CONCLUSIONS: The PD + OH resembles PAF and differs from MSA in hemodynamic responses to drugs that alter NE release from sympathetic nerves. The results fit with sympathetic noradrenergic denervation in PD + OH and PAF but not in MSA.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de Parkinson
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Síndrome de Shy-Drager
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Trimetafan
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Yohimbina
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Atrofia de Múltiples Sistemas
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Neuropharmacol
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos