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SUBMITTER: Gould FDH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866867 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gould François D H FDH Gross Andrew A German Rebecca Z RZ Richardson Jason R JR
Parkinson's disease 20180311
Swallowing disorders in Parkinson's disease are not responsive to dopamine depletion therapy and contribute to morbidity. They are poorly understood owing to a lack of adequate models. We present the first evidence of oropharyngeal changes in a rotenone toxicity model of Parkinson's disease. Rats were recorded while feeding before and after daily rotenone injections at two different doses (2.75 mg/kg and 3 mg/kg). The higher dose had a much more severe parkinsonian phenotype than the low dose. T ...[more]