1996
Early gestational mesencephalon grafts, but not later gestational mesencephalon, cerebellum or sham grafts, increase dopamine in caudate nucleus of MPTP-treated monkeys
Elsworth J, Sladek J, Taylor J, Collier T, Redmond D, Roth R. Early gestational mesencephalon grafts, but not later gestational mesencephalon, cerebellum or sham grafts, increase dopamine in caudate nucleus of MPTP-treated monkeys. Neuroscience 1996, 72: 477-484. PMID: 8737417, DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00564-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal ventral mesencephalonVentral mesencephalonCaudate nucleusGraft siteDopamine neuronsDopamine concentrationsBehavioral recoveryTyrosine hydroxylase-positive neuronsHomovanillic acid/dopamine ratioFetal dopamine neuronsGrafted dopamine neuronsIntrastriatal transplantsParkinsonian primatesGrafted neuronsIntrastriatal transplantationGestational ageTransplant proceduresDopamine ratioDopamine productionSignificant elevationNucleus accumbensDopamine systemSham graftsGraftBrain regions
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