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Neurotrophin-4/5 selectively protects nigral calbindin-containing neurons in rats with medial forebrain bundle transections.
Neuroscience - 1 Jun 1996
Alexi T, Hefti F
Abstract excerpt
Three neurotrophic factors associated with the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system were tested for their trophic potential to rescue degenerating substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons in adult rats with transections of the medial forebrain bundle. Axotomy of nigral dopaminergic neurons results in a retrograde degeneration of their cell bodies. Unilateral transections resulted in a partial reduction of the number of...
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