Parkinson's Disease
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 138471, 10 pages
doi:10.4061/2011/138471
Research Article

MPTP Neurotoxicity and Testosterone Induce Dendritic Remodeling of Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons in the C57Bl/6 Mouse

Eleni Antzoulatos,1,2 Michael W. Jakowec,3 Giselle M. Petzinger,3 and Ruth I. Wood2

1Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
2Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
3Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Biokinesiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA

Received 11 September 2010; Accepted 27 March 2011

Academic Editor: Katerina Venderova

Copyright © 2011 Eleni Antzoulatos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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