PMID- 10350547 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990802 LR - 20190614 IS - 0006-8993 (Print) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 829 IP - 1-2 DP - 1999 May 22 TI - Trophic effects of selegiline on cultured dopaminergic neurons. PG - 190-2 AB - Trophic effects of the neuroprotective agent selegiline on cultured dopaminergic neurons were investigated and compared with the effects produced by brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Both treatments increased the total length of TH-positive neurites, but selegiline increased the average length of neuritic branches, whereas BDNF increased the formation of new branches. This trophic effect of selegiline may contribute to its action in neurodegenerative disease treatment. CI - Copyright 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. FAU - Kontkanen, O AU - Kontkanen O AD - A.I. Virtanen Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland. FAU - Castren, E AU - Castren E LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 2K1V7GP655 (Selegiline) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dopamine/*physiology MH - Nerve Growth Factors/*pharmacology MH - Neurons/*drug effects MH - Neuroprotective Agents/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Selegiline/*pharmacology EDAT- 1999/06/03 00:00 MHDA- 1999/06/03 00:01 CRDT- 1999/06/03 00:00 PHST- 1999/06/03 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/06/03 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/06/03 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-8993(99)01363-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01363-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 1999 May 22;829(1-2):190-2. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01363-3.