The influence of 6-hydroxydopamine and 6-hydroxydopa on the phospholipids content in the brain of rats.

6-hydroxydopamine and 6-hydroxydopa injected intraperitoneally in dose of 50 microgram/g in newborn rats, two and six weeks old caused a drop in content of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine, and an increase in content of phosphatidylinositol in the brains of two weeks old rats treated with 6-hydroxydopamine in comparison with controls. 6-hydroxydopa administration caused an increase of the content of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol and decrease of diphosphatidylglycerol in the brain of two weeks old rats. In the brains of six weeks old rats only a decrease in content of phosphatidic acid was observed after administration of either 6-hydroxydopamine or 6-hydroxydopa.