Systemically circulating 17β-estradiol enhances the neuroprotective effect of the smoking cessation drug cytisine in female parkinsonian mice

Abstract The smoking cessation drug cytisine exerts neuroprotection in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) dopaminergic (DA) neurons of female but not male 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesioned parkinsonian mice. To address the important question of whether circulating 17β−estradiol mediates this eff...

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Main Authors: Sara M. Zarate, Roger C. Garcia, Gauri Pandey, Rahul Srinivasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:npj Parkinson's Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-024-00855-3
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