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

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Effects of transplanted NSCs on the iron-staining cells in the SN of 6-OHDA-induced PD rats. (a, b) Iron-staining cells in control rats; (c, d) iron-staining cells in 6-OHDA-treated rats; (e, f) iron-staining cells in NSCs-treated rats; (g) the average total number of iron-staining cells in different groups: iron-staining cells dramatically increased in the SN of 6-OHDA-treated rats compared with control rats (), while they decreased in NSCs-treated rats compared with 6-OHDA-treated rats ().

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