1995
Co-Grafts in Dopamine-Depleted Primates: Preliminary Results and Theoretical Issues Related to Human Applications for Parkinson’s Disease
Sladek J, Elsworth J, Roth R, Blanchard B, Taylor J, Collier T, Redmond D. Co-Grafts in Dopamine-Depleted Primates: Preliminary Results and Theoretical Issues Related to Human Applications for Parkinson’s Disease. Altschul Symposia Series 1995, 219-230. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1929-4_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDopamine neuronsDisease patientsHuman dopamine neuronsNon-dopaminergic neuronsVentral mesencephalic graftsParkinson's disease patientsMesencephalic reticular formationHuman neural tissueDaily levodopaHost brainMesencephalic graftsMesencephalic tissueDorsal rapheVentral mesencephalonPatient 1Serotonergic neuronsVentral tegmentumPoor survivalEmbryonic mesencephalonReticular formationTrochlear nucleusRat brainRat striatumTrigeminal complexParkinson's disease
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