NEW USE OF ARTEMIN, A MEMBER OF THE GDNF LIGAND FAMILY

摘要

The present invention concerns the use of artemin for the prevention or treatment of nerve cell injury and changes associated with nerve cell injury. More particularly the present invention provides for a method of protecting neurons in a mammal from injury-induced pathological changes and a method of treating neuronal damage in a mammal by administering artemin or an artemin agonist.