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
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