1992
Unilateral Transplantation of Human Fetal Mesencephalic Tissue into the Caudate Nucleus of Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Spencer D, Robbins R, Naftolin F, Marek K, Vollmer T, Leranth C, Roth R, Price L, Gjedde A, Bunney B, Sass K, Elsworth J, Kier E, Makuch R, Hoffer P, Redmond D. Unilateral Transplantation of Human Fetal Mesencephalic Tissue into the Caudate Nucleus of Patients with Parkinson's Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 1992, 327: 1541-1548. PMID: 1435880, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199211263272201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdultAntiparkinson AgentsCaudate NucleusCryopreservationCyclosporineDopamineFemaleFetal Tissue TransplantationHomovanillic AcidHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMesencephalonMiddle AgedMotor ActivityParkinson DiseasePutamenStereotaxic TechniquesTomography, Emission-ComputedConceptsCase patientsParkinson's diseaseMesencephalic tissueCaudate nucleusHuman fetal ventral mesencephalic tissueFetal ventral mesencephalic tissueHuman fetal mesencephalic tissueContinued disease progressionFetal dopaminergic neuronsFetal mesencephalic tissueVentral mesencephalic tissueSevere Parkinson's diseaseOptimal drug therapySigns of parkinsonismMidbrain dopamine neuronsPositron emission tomographyMonths of evaluationAntiparkinsonian medicationUnilateral transplantationDrug holidayMore medicationsStriatonigral degenerationNeurologic functionDopaminergic neuronsDrug therapy
1991
The D1 receptor antagonist, SCH 23390, induces signs of parkinsonism in African green monkeys
Lawrence M, Redmond D, Elsworth J, Taylor J, Roth R. The D1 receptor antagonist, SCH 23390, induces signs of parkinsonism in African green monkeys. Life Sciences 1991, 49: pl229-pl234. PMID: 1836030, DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(91)90299-q.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSCH 23390African green monkeysD1 antagonistHealthy African green monkeysGreen monkeysParkinsonian side effectsD1 receptor antagonistPoverty of movementSigns of parkinsonismSelective D1 antagonistFull D1 agonistParkinsonian signsReceptor antagonistD1 agonistD1 receptorsSystemic administrationParkinson's diseasePsychiatric disordersSide effectsMotor changesClinical useParkinsonismAntagonistBlink rateMonkeys