Objective To study the molecular mechanism of MPTP-induced neuronal degeneration of substantia nigra in C57BL mice. Methods The C57BL mice model of Parkinson's disease were prepared by peritoneal administration of MPTP. These differentially expressed sequenced tags (EST) were obtained with mRNA differential display technique. Reverse Northern blotting was employed to eliminate the false positive ESTs. The true positive EST were cloned and sequenced. Results One of the two specific EST in degenerative substantia nigra was sequensed to be 121 bp and showed low homology with human v-abl Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene (abl) exon 1b. Conclusions Our data suggested that MPTP may induce altered expression of promoting apoptotic genes to cause neuronal degeneration in substantia nigra.

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of eperisone on patients with subacute spinal cord neuropathy with incomplete spasm.Methods Forty-eight patients with Subacute spinal cord neurosis combined degeneration of both lower extremity incomplete spasm in Department of Neurology,Zhejiang Quhua Hospital were selected and randomly divided into control group and study group.The control group were treated with folic acid and mecobalamin,the study group received more with eperisone,and 14days for one course,two groups were treated for two course.Ashworth spasm Scale,simple Fugl-Meyer score scale,improved Barthel index,bilateral H tibial nerve reflex status,clinical efficacy and complications were compared before and after the treatment.Results After treatment,levels of the flexion and extension of knee joint in 2 groups increased,and the scores of Ashworth spasticity scale decreased,scores of FMA and MBI increased,the latency of H reflex latency increased,levels of Hmax/Mmax decreased(P<0.05),compared with the control group,levels of the flexion and extension of knee joint in the study group were higher,and the scores of Ashworth spasticity scale were lower,scores of FMA and MBI were higher,the latency of H reflex latency were higher,levels of Hmax/Mmax were lower(P<0.05),the effective rate of the control group(66.67％)was lower than the study group(91.67％)(P<0.05),the non-performing rate in 2 groups had no difference(25.00％Vs 20.83％).Conclusion Eperisone has definite effect on patients with subacute spinal cord neuropathy with incomplete spasms.it can decrease muscle tension and spasticity and improve neurological function.