A new article “Reap the Benefits of Glutathione” by Dr. Julian Whitaker mentioning Wellness Pharmacy can be seen here.
Archive | Glutathione in Parkinson’s Disease
Dopamine turnover and glutathione oxidation: Implications for Parkinson disease (PDF)
Parkinson disease is characterized by a major loss (z8O% or more) of dopaminergic nigrostriatal neurons and by an increased turnover of neurotransmitter by surviving neurons of the nigrostriatal tract. In theory, increased turnover of dopamine should be associated with an oxidative stress derived from increased production of hydrogen peroxide.
Glutathione depletion in PC12 results in selective inhibition of mitochondrial complex I activity: implications for Parkinson’s disease (PDF)
Oxidative stress appears to play an important role in degeneration of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra (SN) associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The SN of early PD patients have dramatically decreased levels of the thiol tripeptide glutathione (GSH). GSH plays multiple roles in the nervous system both as an antioxidant and a redox modulator.
Glutathione Depletion Switches Nitric Oxide Neurotrophic Effects to Cell Death in Midbrain Cultures Implications for Parkinson’s Disease (PDF)
This study shows that alterations in GSH levels change the neurotrophic effects of NO in midbrain cultures into neurotoxic. Under these conditions, NO triggers a programmed cell death with markers of both apoptosis and necrosis characterized by an early step of free radicals production followed by a late requirement for signalling on the sGC/cGMP/PKG pathway.
Glutathione, oxidative stress and neurodegeneration (PDF)
There is significant evidence that the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Friedreich’s ataxia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, may involve the generation of reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial dysfunction. Here, we review the evidence for a disturbance of glutathione homeostasis that may either lead to or result from oxidative stress in […]
Inducible Alterations of Glutathione Levels in Adult Dopaminergic Midbrain Neurons Result in Nigrostriatal Degeneration (PDF)
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the preferential loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). One of the earliest detectable biochemical alterations that occurs in the Parkinsonian brain is a marked reduction in SN levels of total glutathione (glutathione plus glutathione disulfide), occurring before losses in mitochondrial complex I (CI) […]
New Advances in Parkinson’s Disease (PDF)
Parkinson’s Disease as Multifactorial Oxidative Neurodegeneration: Implications for Integrative Management (PDF)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common movement pathology, severely afflicting dopaminergic neurons within the substantia nigra (SN) along with non-dopaminergic, extra-nigral projection bundles that control circuits for sensory, associative, premotor, and motor pathways.
Reduced intravenous glutathionein the treatment of early Parkinson’s disease (PDF)
Our data indicate that in i=untreated PD patients glutathione has symptomatic efficacy and possibly retards the progression of the disease.