Functional integration of neural grafts in Parkinson's disease

Authors
Barker, RA Dunnett, SB
Citation
Ra. Barker et Sb. Dunnett, Functional integration of neural grafts in Parkinson's disease, NAT NEUROSC, 2(12), 1999, pp. 1047-1048
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
ISSN journal
10976256 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
12
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1047 - 1048
Database
ISI
SICI code
1097-6256(199912)2:12<1047:FIONGI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Functional Imaging in a Parkinson's patient with a neural transplant shows that the graft is still functional after ten years, and that dopamine from the graft can bind to postsynaptic sites.