Co-grafted embryonic striatum increases the survival of grafted embryonic dopamine neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 530-540

  Sortwell, Caryl E ^a,b   Collier, Timothy J ^b   Sladek Jr , John R ^a  

^a The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra; Transplant; Trophic striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; ROTATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0032487353     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981005)399:4<530::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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