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ArticleNeural regeneration research2014

Zhichan decoction induces differentiation of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease rats after neural stem cell transplantation.

Huifen Shi, Jie Song, Xuming Yang

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huifen ShiDepartment of Neurology, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jie SongDepartment of Encephalopathy, Liu'an Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liu'an, Anhui Province, China.
Xuming YangCollege of Acupuncture and Massage, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The goal of this study was to increase the dopamine content and reduce dopaminergic metabolites in the brain of Parkinson's disease rats. Using high-performance liquid chromatography, we found that dopamine and dopaminergic metabolite (dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid) content in the midbrain of Parkinson's disease rats was increased after neural stem cell transplantation + Zhichan decoction, compared with neural stem cell transplantation alone. Our genetic algorithm results show that dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid levels achieve global optimization. Neural stem cell transplantation + Zhichan decoction increased dihydroxyphenylacetic acid levels up to 10-fold, while transplantation alone resulted in a 3-fold increment. Homovanillic acid levels showed no apparent change. Our experimental findings show that after neural stem cell transplantation in Parkinson's disease rats, Zhichan decoction can promote differentiation of neural stem cells into dopaminergic neurons.

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curve fitting equationdihydroxyphenylacetic aciddopamine metabolitegenetic algorithmhomovanillic acidnerve regenerationneural degenerationneurodegenerationNSFC grantoptimization modelParkinson's diseaserat modelstem cell transplantationtraditional Chinese medicineZhichan decoction

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PMID25206914
PMCPMC4146218
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