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Summary: To observe the effects of heterograft of glomus cells of carotid body on hemiparkinsonian rat models, rats with unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced lesions of the right dopamin ergic neurons of substantia nigra received intrastriatal glomus cells heterograft. Apomorphine-induced rotation was monitored for 30 rmin at various time points after grafting. The striata were cut and ex-amined for dopamine content by HPLC and for immunohistochemical staining of tyrosine hydroxylase positive neurons (TH+ ) at the end of the experiments. The results showed that apomorphine-induced rotational behavior was significantly reduced for 12 weeks and the dopamine contents were signifi cantly elevated after grafting (P＜0.01), and TH+ cells survived better. The present study demon strates that intrastriatal heterograft of glomus cells within carotid body in rats with 6-OHDA-elicited lesions could reduce apomorphine-induced rotational behavior and elevate the dopamine contents and numbers of TH+ cell surviving within striatum, and can serve as a new and effective altative for Parkinson disease.