Grafting of Encapsulated Dopamine-Secreting Cells in Parkinson's Disease: Long-Term Primate Study

The transplantation of encapsulated dopamine-secreting cells into the striatum represents one potential means of treating Parkinson's disease. The present study investigated the ability of encapsulated PC12 cells, which are derived from rat pheochromocytoma, to supply L-dopa and dopamine into t...

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Main Authors: Isao Date M.D., Tetsuro Shingo, Hideyuki Yoshida, Kenjiro Fujiwara, Kazuki Kobayashi, Takashi Ohmoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2000-09-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/096368970000900519