Cistanche tubulosa Protects Dopaminergic Neurons through Regulation of Appotosis and Glial Cell-derived Neurotrophic Factor: in Vivo and in Vitro

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with the pathological hallmark of reduced nigrostriatal dopamine. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical practice, the nanopowder of Cistanche tubulosa has therapeutic effects on PD. To identify the therapeutic mechanism, this study tes...

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Main Authors: Qian Xu, Wen Fan, Shui-Fen Ye, Yi-Bo Cong, Wei Qin, Shi-Ya Chen, Jing Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00295/full