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Neural transplantation, trophic factors and Parkinson's disease
1Klinikum Grosshadern, Neurological Unit, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, FRG.
Life Sciences
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Part 1 of this update on new restorative therapeutic strategies against Parkinsons's disease focuses on transplantation of dopamine-secreting tissue. Special emphasis is put on clinical trials with fetal mesencephalic cells. Problems and potential alternative approaches are discussed. Part 2 emphasizes progress in the related field of neurotrophic factors for dopaminergic midbrain neurons.