1999
Enhancement of Locomotor Activity and Conditioned Reward to Cocaine by Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Horger B, Iyasere C, Berhow M, Messer C, Nestler E, Taylor J. Enhancement of Locomotor Activity and Conditioned Reward to Cocaine by Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. Journal Of Neuroscience 1999, 19: 4110-4122. PMID: 10234039, PMCID: PMC6782687, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-10-04110.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorDevelopment of sensitizationLocomotor sensitizationBDNF infusionNeurotrophic factorNucleus accumbensStimulant effectsInitial stimulant effectMesolimbic DA systemCocaine-induced locomotionVentral tegmental areaMesolimbic dopamine systemWild-type littermatesPsychomotor stimulant effectsBDNF administrationDopaminergic neuronsTegmental areaCocaine injectionCocaine dosesControl animalsDopamine systemLocomotor activityDrug rewardCR leverDA systemChapter 12 Fetal Grafts in Parkinson's Disease Primate Models
Sladek J, Collier T, Elsworth J, Roth R, Taylor J, Redmond D. Chapter 12 Fetal Grafts in Parkinson's Disease Primate Models. 1999, 321-364. DOI: 10.1016/b978-012705070-6/50013-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease patientsFetal tissue graftsParkinson's disease patientsProgressive neurological disorderEntire striatumParkinsonian symptomsFetal graftsClinical benefitDopaminergic neuronsSubstantia nigraClinical trialsNeurosurgical interventionPrimate modelParkinson's diseaseTissue graftDonor tissueNeurological disordersSource of cellsNeurodegenerative disordersFunctional changesProgressive lossHuman embryonic tissuesOptimal ageGraftSingle donor
1998
Prefrontal cortical involvement in phencyclidine-induced activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system: behavioral and neurochemical evidence
Jentsch J, Tran A, Taylor J, Roth R. Prefrontal cortical involvement in phencyclidine-induced activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system: behavioral and neurochemical evidence. Psychopharmacology 1998, 138: 89-95. PMID: 9694531, DOI: 10.1007/s002130050649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMesolimbic dopamine systemPrefrontal cortexInduced hyperlocomotionDopamine neuronsDopamine releaseNucleus accumbensDopamine systemInjection of phencyclidineMesocorticolimbic dopaminergic neuronsMesolimbic dopamine neuronsVentral tegmental areaCell body regionIbotenic acid lesionsPrefrontal Cortical InvolvementProfound cognitive impairmentGlutamatergic releaseNeurochemical evidenceAcute administrationCortical involvementDopamine utilizationDopaminergic neuronsMesolimbic pathwayTegmental areaAcid lesionsDopaminergic activation
1993
Fetal Dopamine Cell Survival after Transplantation Is Dramatically Improved at a Critical Donor Gestational Age in Nonhuman Primates
Sladek J, Elsworth J, Roth R, Evans L, Collier T, Cooper S, Taylor J, Redmond D. Fetal Dopamine Cell Survival after Transplantation Is Dramatically Improved at a Critical Donor Gestational Age in Nonhuman Primates. Experimental Neurology 1993, 122: 16-27. PMID: 8101820, DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1993.1103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopamine neuronsCaudate nucleusMesencephalic dopamine cell groupsTyrosine hydroxylase-positive neuronsTissue dopamine levelsUnfixed brain slicesDopamine cell groupsCell survivalDopamine cell survivalDopamine cell numberDays of gestationEarly gestation tissuesTime of implantationAfrican green monkeysVideo-based imagingGraft survivalMesencephalic tissueDonor graftsGestational ageNeural graftsNeurological disabilityDopaminergic neuronsGraft sizeDopamine contentSingle graft
1988
Chapter 64 Fetal dopamine neural grafts: extended reversal of methylphenyltetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism in monkeys
Sladek J, Redmond D, Collier T, Blount J, Elsworth J, Taylor J, Roth R. Chapter 64 Fetal dopamine neural grafts: extended reversal of methylphenyltetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism in monkeys. Progress In Brain Research 1988, 78: 497-506. PMID: 3266802, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60323-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopamine neuronsTherapeutic interventionsHuman parkinsonismHost brainFunctional recoveryDopaminergic neuronsSubstantia nigraCell graftsDopamine levelsFetal brainGraft siteTrophic factorsHuman neuronsAnatomical substrateParkinsonismCerebellar tissueControl transplantsNeuronsGraftBrain activityPhenotype characteristicBrainInterventionTransplantationTransplant