2005
Neural Stem Cells Implanted into MPTP-Treated Monkeys Increase the Size of Endogenous Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Positive Cells Found in the Striatum: A Return to Control Measures
Bjugstad K, Redmond D, Teng Y, Elsworth J, Roth R, Blanchard B, Snyder E, Sladek J. Neural Stem Cells Implanted into MPTP-Treated Monkeys Increase the Size of Endogenous Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Positive Cells Found in the Striatum: A Return to Control Measures. Cell Transplantation 2005, 14: 183-192. PMID: 15929553, DOI: 10.3727/000000005783983098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTyrosine hydroxylase-positive cellsNeural stem cellsHydroxylase-positive cellsSubstantia nigraHuman neural stem cellsParkinson's diseaseHuman NSCsCaudate nucleusEffects of NSCsPresence of NSCsImplanted neural stem cellsRight substantia nigraUntreated control monkeysRight caudate nucleusCell populationsAfrican green monkeysEndogenous cell populationsStem cellsMPTP damageMPTP treatmentStriatal environmentNigrostriatal pathwayDopamine neuronsControl monkeysSelective dopaminergic
1990
3-Acetylpyridine results in degeneration of the extrapyramidal and cerebellar motor systems: loss of the dorsolateral striatal dopamine innervation
Deutsch A, Elsworth J, Roth R, Menek G. 3-Acetylpyridine results in degeneration of the extrapyramidal and cerebellar motor systems: loss of the dorsolateral striatal dopamine innervation. Brain Research 1990, 527: 96-102. PMID: 2126479, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)91065-o.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebellar motor systemsDopamine innervationOlivocerebellar systemStriatal DA depletionStriatal dopamine innervationStriatal DA concentrationsMotor systemSelective inhibitor deprenylAnteromedial prefrontal cortexDeprenyl pretreatmentStriatal sectorsNigrostriatal degenerationDA innervationDA depletionDA levelsVentromedial striatumMAOB activitySensorimotor functionRats resultsNucleus accumbensDorsolateral aspectDorsolateral striatumMAOA activityDegenerationPrefrontal cortexMPTP-induced parkinsonism: relative changes in dopamine concentration in subregions of substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area and retrorubral field of symptomatic and asymptomatic vervet monkeys
Elsworth J, Deutch A, Redmond D, Sladek J, Roth R. MPTP-induced parkinsonism: relative changes in dopamine concentration in subregions of substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area and retrorubral field of symptomatic and asymptomatic vervet monkeys. Brain Research 1990, 513: 320-324. PMID: 2350702, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90474-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentral tegmental areaSubstantia nigraTegmental areaRetrorubral fieldParkinson's diseasePostencephalitic Parkinson's diseaseHomovanillic acid concentrationsMesostriatal dopaminergic systemIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseAsymptomatic monkeysSymptomatic monkeysDA neuronsHVA concentrationsMPTP toxicityTreatment regimensDopaminergic systemDopamine concentrationsDA regionsDiseaseNigraDopamineParkinsonismMonkeysVervet monkeysRegimensChapter 62 Improvements in MPTP-induced object retrieval deficits and behavioral deficits after fetal nigral grafting in monkeys
Taylor J, Elsworth J, Roth R, Collier T, Sladek J, Redmond D. Chapter 62 Improvements in MPTP-induced object retrieval deficits and behavioral deficits after fetal nigral grafting in monkeys. Progress In Brain Research 1990, 82: 543-559. PMID: 2290957, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62645-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCSF HVA levelsHVA levelsBehavioral recoveryCaudate nucleusSN graftsDopamine neuronsDopamine productionHVA/dopamine ratioCentral dopamine productionFetal substantia nigraStriatum of subjectsSubstantia nigra transplantsRelease of dopamineImproved parkinsonismHost striatumHost brainFetal graftsMPTP administrationParkinsonian signsTH immunohistochemistrySubstantia nigraDopamine ratioSmall graftsBehavioral deficitsGraft
1989
Symptomatic and asymptomatic 1 -methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridinetreated primates: Biochemical changes in striatal regions
Elsworth J, Deutch A, Redmond D, Taylor J, Sladek J, Roth R. Symptomatic and asymptomatic 1 -methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridinetreated primates: Biochemical changes in striatal regions. Neuroscience 1989, 33: 323-331. PMID: 2622529, DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(89)90212-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCercopithecusCorpus StriatumDopamineHomovanillic AcidMaleMPTP PoisoningParkinson Disease, SecondaryConceptsHomovanillic acid concentrationsParkinson's diseaseStriatal regionsHomovanillic acid/dopamine ratioGross motor abnormalitiesDepletion of dopamineHomovanillic acid levelsLoss of dopamineIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseCaudate nucleus dopamineAsymptomatic monkeysTetrahydropyridine (MPTP) treatmentAsymptomatic groupSymptomatic groupDopamine lossTetrahydropyridine (MPTP) toxicityMotor abnormalitiesDopamine ratioCaudate nucleusSignificant negative correlationVentromedial regionStriatum