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GLIAL cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a potent survival factor for embryonic midbrain dopaminergic1, spinal motor2, cranial sensory3, sympathetic, and hindbrain noradrenergic4 neurons, and is available to these cells in vivo. It is therefore considered a physiological trophic factor and a potential therapeutic agent for Parkinson's disease5,6, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis7, and Alzheimer's disease4. Here we show that at postnatal day 0 (P0), GDNF-deficient mice have deficits in dorsal root ganglion, sympathetic and nodose neurons, but not in hindbrain noradrenergic or midbrain dopaminergic neurons. These mice completely lack the enteric nervous system (ENS), ureters and kidneys. Thus GDNF is important for the development and/or survival of enteric, sympathetic and sensory neurons and the renal system, but is not essential for catecholaminergic neurons in the central nervous system (CNS).
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Moore, M., Klein, R., Fariñas, I. et al. Renal and neuronal abnormalities in mice lacking GDNF. Nature 382, 76–79 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/382076a0
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