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13) Alum<strong>in</strong>ium does affect neither MAO-A nor MAO-B activity <strong>in</strong> vitro.<br />

CONCLUSIONS<br />

14) In this experimental model <strong>of</strong> PD <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> causes an enhancement <strong>in</strong> 6-OHDA-<br />

<strong>in</strong>duced lipid peroxidation and prote<strong>in</strong> oxidation <strong>in</strong> vivo, except for PTC <strong>in</strong> ventral<br />

midbra<strong>in</strong>.<br />

15) The adm<strong>in</strong>istration <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> to control rats that were given <strong>in</strong>traventricularly<br />

sal<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>stead <strong>of</strong> 6-OHDA also causes a significant difference <strong>in</strong> the levels <strong>of</strong> both<br />

lipid peroxidation and prote<strong>in</strong> oxidation for PCC.<br />

16) Immunohistochemical studies show that <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration alone causes no<br />

significant change <strong>in</strong> TH-ir striatal term<strong>in</strong>als. In contrast, lesion with 6-OHDA<br />

causes a loss <strong>of</strong> TH-ir striatal term<strong>in</strong>als, which is significantly <strong>in</strong>creased with the<br />

adm<strong>in</strong>istration <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong>.<br />

Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the previously mentioned conclusions, we establish that the results<br />

here reported confirm the potential <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> as a risk factor <strong>in</strong> the development <strong>of</strong><br />

PD. This metal acts ma<strong>in</strong>ly as a pro-oxidant and is able to reduce the activities <strong>of</strong><br />

antioxidant enzymes. Its toxicity <strong>in</strong> the different bra<strong>in</strong> areas studied (cerebellum, ventral<br />

midbra<strong>in</strong>, cortex, and striatum) is probably mediated by the contribution <strong>of</strong> AlO2 ●2+ and<br />

other free radical-<strong>in</strong>duced <strong>oxidative</strong> cell damage. Interest<strong>in</strong>gly, the results observed <strong>in</strong><br />

the hippocampus (high <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> content and not <strong>in</strong>creased oxidant status) may be<br />

caused by specific compensatory mechanism(s) <strong>of</strong> the blood-hippocampal barrier but<br />

this idea still needs to be corroborated and characterized by future research.<br />

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