Testis-derived Sertoli cells have a trophic effect on dopamine neurons and alleviate hemiparkinsonism in rats

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1129-1132

  Sanberg, Paul R ^a   Borlongan, Cesario V ^a,b   Othberg, Agneta I ^a   Saporta, Samuel ^a   Freeman, Thomas B ^a   Cameron, Don F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURONS; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030762745     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1097-1129     Document Type: Article

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