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
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