Transplanted Neural Stem Cells: Playing a Neuroprotective Role by Ceruloplasmin in the Substantia Nigra of PD Model Rats?

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Impacts of exogenous NSCs on the Cp-ir cells in the SN of 6-OHDA-induced PD rats. (a, b) Cp-ir cells in control rats; (c, d) Cp-ir cells in 6-OHDA-treated rats; (e, f) Cp-ir cells in NSCs-treated rats; (g, h, and i) the average total number of Cp-ir cells, Western blot, and real-time quantitative PCR in different groups: Cp-ir cells significantly decreased in the SN of 6-OHDA-treated rats compared with control rats (), while they increased in NSCs-treated rats compared with 6-OHDA-treated rats ().

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