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Anticholinergic drugs rescue synaptic plasticity in DYT1 dystonia: role of M1 muscarinic receptors.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Nov 2014
Maltese Marta, Martella Giuseppina, Madeo Graziella, Fagiolo Irene, Tassone Annalisa, Ponterio Giulia, Sciamanna Giuseppe, Burbaud Pierre, Conn P Jeffrey, Bonsi Paola, Pisani Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Broad-spectrum muscarinic receptor antagonists have represented the first available treatment for different movement disorders such as dystonia. However, the specificity of these drugs and their mechanism of action is not entirely clear. We performed a systematic analysis of the effects of anticholinergic drugs on short- and long-term plasticity recorded from striatal medium spiny neurons from DYT1 dystonia...
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