Table 1

The effect of OKA on tyrosine hydroxylase and trypan blue-positive cells

ConditionTH PositiveTrypan Blue Positive
Control158  ± 2232  ± 2
OKA72  ± 19211  ± 23

Mesencephalic cultures were treated with 5 nM OKA for 24 h followed by 3 days of recovery. Cultures were immunostained for TH or stained for viability with trypan blue and 10, 1-mm2 fields were counted as described under Materials and Methods. Duplicate conditions per experiment in three experiments were analyzed. Values are presented as mean number of cells/mm2 ± S.E.M.