1998
Upregulation of striatal D2 receptors in the MPTP-treated vervet monkey is reversed by grafts of fetal ventral mesencephalon: an autoradiographic study
Elsworth J, Brittan M, Taylor J, Sladek J, Redmond D, Innis R, Zea-Ponce Y, Roth R. Upregulation of striatal D2 receptors in the MPTP-treated vervet monkey is reversed by grafts of fetal ventral mesencephalon: an autoradiographic study. Brain Research 1998, 795: 55-62. PMID: 9622593, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00252-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridineAnimalsAutoradiographyBenzofuransBrain Tissue TransplantationChlorocebus aethiopsCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalDopamine AgentsFetal Tissue TransplantationImage Processing, Computer-AssistedIodine RadioisotopesMesencephalonParkinson Disease, SecondaryRadioligand AssayReceptors, Dopamine D2Up-RegulationConceptsFetal ventral mesencephalonD2 receptor bindingVentral mesencephalonDorsal striatumAutoradiographic studyDopamine uptake site densityPostsynaptic dopamine receptor activationVentral striatumDopamine concentrationsStriatal D2 receptor bindingReceptor bindingD2 receptor upregulationPostsynaptic dopamine transmissionTetrahydropyridine-treated monkeysStriatal D2 receptorsDopamine receptor activationPrevious autoradiographic studiesAfrican green monkeysDonor neuronsIntrastriatal graftingParkinsonian primatesNeural transplantationReceptor upregulationStriatal circuitryMotor function
1993
Neural Transplantation for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Past, Present, and Futurea
REDMOND D, ROTH R, SPENCER D, NAFTOLIN F, LERANTH C, ROBBINS R, MAREK K, ELSWORTH J, SASS K, TAYLOR J, SLADEK J. Neural Transplantation for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Past, Present, and Futurea. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1993, 695: 258-266. PMID: 8239293, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb23064.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural transplantationParkinson's diseaseDopamine neuronsCellular replacementClinical treatmentFetal cellsNeural tissue transplantsNeural tissueIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseDopamine-producing cellsFunctional effectsBest medical treatmentFetal neural tissueImportant functional effectsHuman neural tissueEssential neuromodulatorDrug therapyIdiopathic diseaseClinical conditionsTherapeutic experimentsBrain cellsIneffective treatmentMedical treatmentTissue transplantsTransplantation