Cardiac sympathetic denervation in 6-OHDA-treated nonhuman primates.

Cardiac sympathetic neurodegeneration and dysautonomia affect patients with sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease (PD) and are currently proposed as prodromal signs of PD. We have recently developed a nonhuman primate model of cardiac dysautonomia by iv 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). Our in vi...

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Main Authors: Valerie Joers, Kristine Dilley, Shahrose Rahman, Corinne Jones, Jeanette Shultz, Heather Simmons, Marina E Emborg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4136781?pdf=render