Avaliação da Densidade do Transportador Dopaminérgico utilizando [99MTc]-TRODAT-1 E SPECT em pacientes com movimentos periódicos das pernas após teste de esforço máximo.
AUTOR(ES)
Daniel Alves Cavagnolli
FONTE
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
26/01/2011
RESUMO
Restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movement are sleep-related movement disorders and studies have shown changes in striatal dopaminergic activity in patients with these disorders. Physical exercise has been shown to improve the symptoms of restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movement, as has treatment with dopamine agonists. However, the mechanism by which physical exercise acts as a nonpharmacological treatment in improving symptoms of restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movement remains unknown. We evaluated dopamine transporter density profiles in 16 sedentary patients (control and experimental - with periodic leg movement, groups) and the influence of acute physical exercise on its concentration after a maximal exercise test. Each patient underwent baseline polysomnography to evaluate sleep patterns and periodic leg movement index values. After obtaining the polysomnography baseline, the single photon emission computer tomography baseline was determined. Subsequently, the volunteers performed a maximal exercise test in the morning, followed by a single photon emission computer tomography two hours later and polysomnography that night, to assess the effect of acute physical exercise on dopamine transporter and sleep patterns. The results showed significant lower dopamine transporter baseline densities in the striatum region for the experimental group. The results also showed a significant reduction in the periodic leg movement rate in the experimental group and a significant increased percentage of stage-1 non-REM sleep in both groups after maximal exercise test. Significant differences between the groups were only observed for Stage 2 sleep and slow wave sleep. Our results show that patients with periodic leg movement had a lower dopamine transporter density in the left putamen region compared to the control group and an acute physical exercise (maximal exercise test) did not alter this profile, providing evidence that this improvement is the result of chronic physical exercise.
ASSUNTO(S)
teste de esforço máximo atividade física movimento periódico das pernas dopamina transportador de dopamina spect cerebral psiquiatria dopamine transporter, spect, physical exercise, periodic leg movements, maximal exercise test.
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