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
1994
Novel Radioligands for the Dopamine Transporter Demonstrate the Presence of Intrastriatal Nigral Grafts in the MPTP-Treated Monkey: Correlation with Improved Behavioral Function
Elsworth J, Al-Tikriti M, Sladek J, Taylor J, Innis R, Redmond D, Roth R. Novel Radioligands for the Dopamine Transporter Demonstrate the Presence of Intrastriatal Nigral Grafts in the MPTP-Treated Monkey: Correlation with Improved Behavioral Function. Experimental Neurology 1994, 126: 299-304. PMID: 7925828, DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1994.1068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridineAnimalsAutoradiographyBrain Tissue TransplantationCarrier ProteinsChlorocebus aethiopsCocaineCorpus StriatumDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsFetal Tissue TransplantationIodine RadioisotopesMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsParkinson Disease, SecondaryRadioligand AssaySerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSubstantia NigraTransplantation, HeterotopicTransplantation, HomologousConceptsCaudate nucleusFetal ventral mesencephalic cellsIntrastriatal nigral graftsVentral mesencephalic cellsAdult MPTPNigral graftsSerotonergic fibersTransplantation procedureMesencephalic cellsNovel radioligandNeurochemical identityDopamine transporterTransporter sitesSerotonin transporterBehavioral functionsMPTPCocaine analogMonkeysCocaine derivativePreliminary studyHigh affinityDopaminergicGraft