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Axonal Transport in Nigro-striatal Neurones

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AXONAL transport of macromolecules has received considerable attention in recent years1–3 and has been studied particularly in peripheral nerve, in the optic tract4–7 and in the hypothalamico-hypophysial tract8–10. We now report evidence for axonal transport in discrete groups of neurones with cell bodies and projections which lie entirely within the brain, that is the nigro-striatal tract.

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FIBIGER, H., PUDRITZ, R., McGEER, P. et al. Axonal Transport in Nigro-striatal Neurones. Nature New Biology 237, 177–179 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio237177a0

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