Objective To study the protection effect of ginkgolides on Parkinsonian mice and to explore the mechanism; To observe the change of D-glutamate(D-Glu) content in midbrain of Parkinsonina mice and the effect of ginkgolides on it. To explore the toxicity of the D-Glu on glutamatergic neurons and its correlation to the progress of Parkinson’s disease(PD).
Methods 120 health adult C57-BL/6 male mice (body weight 20~22g) were randomly divided into 3 groups, 40 mice in each group. The mice in the PD model gro...