Title : Coadministration of entacapone with levodopa attenuates the severity of dyskinesias in hemiparkinsonian rats.

Pub. Date : 2006 May

PMID : 16437585






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1 Inhibition of the enzyme catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) by entacapone extends the half-life of levodopa and minimizes variability in plasma levodopa levels. entacapone catechol-O-methyltransferase Rattus norvegicus
2 Inhibition of the enzyme catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) by entacapone extends the half-life of levodopa and minimizes variability in plasma levodopa levels. entacapone catechol-O-methyltransferase Rattus norvegicus
3 The aim of the present study was to characterize the effect of the early administration of the COMT inhibitor entacapone in the recently described model of LIDs in rats with a nigrostriatal lesion induced by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). entacapone catechol-O-methyltransferase Rattus norvegicus