1991
Grafting of fetal substantia nigra to striatum reverses behavioral deficits induced by MPTP in primates: a comparison with other types of grafts as controls
Taylor J, Elsworth J, Roth R, Sladek J, Collier T, Redmond D. Grafting of fetal substantia nigra to striatum reverses behavioral deficits induced by MPTP in primates: a comparison with other types of grafts as controls. Experimental Brain Research 1991, 85: 335-348. PMID: 1893983, DOI: 10.1007/bf00229411.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaudate nucleusBehavioral deficitsHealthy behaviorsFetal substantia nigra cellsFetal substantia nigraIdiopathic Parkinson's diseasePoverty of movementType of graftDays/weekSubstantia nigra cellsTime of sacrificePre-treatment levelsSN cellsSpecific behavioral effectsMPTP treatmentMPTP toxicityParkinsonian signsSubstantia nigraControl subjectsInitiation of movementBrain sitesLimb tremorParkinson's diseaseControl animalsMPTP
1990
MPTP-induced parkinsonism: relative changes in dopamine concentration in subregions of substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area and retrorubral field of symptomatic and asymptomatic vervet monkeys
Elsworth J, Deutch A, Redmond D, Sladek J, Roth R. MPTP-induced parkinsonism: relative changes in dopamine concentration in subregions of substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area and retrorubral field of symptomatic and asymptomatic vervet monkeys. Brain Research 1990, 513: 320-324. PMID: 2350702, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90474-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentral tegmental areaSubstantia nigraTegmental areaRetrorubral fieldParkinson's diseasePostencephalitic Parkinson's diseaseHomovanillic acid concentrationsMesostriatal dopaminergic systemIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseAsymptomatic monkeysSymptomatic monkeysDA neuronsHVA concentrationsMPTP toxicityTreatment regimensDopaminergic systemDopamine concentrationsDA regionsDiseaseNigraDopamineParkinsonismMonkeysVervet monkeysRegimens