1997
Severe long-term 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism in the vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus)
Taylor J, Elsworth J, Roth R, Sladek J, Redmond D. Severe long-term 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism in the vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus). Neuroscience 1997, 81: 745-755. PMID: 9316026, DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(97)00214-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParkinson's diseaseSevere parkinsonismAdult male African green monkeysMale African green monkeysTetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonismMPTP-induced parkinsonismIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseNovel therapeutic treatmentsLong-term deficitsAfrican green monkeysGroups of animalsNon-human primatesMPTP treatmentParkinsonian monkeysMPTP administrationVervet monkeysFunctional deficitsInitial severityStable parkinsonismBehavioral deficitsAnimal modelsParkinsonismParkinsonian subjectsMPTPTherapeutic treatment
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
1986
Preferential vulnerability of A8 dopamine neurons in the primate to the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
Deutch A, Elsworth J, Goldstein M, Fuxe K, Redmond D, Sladek J, Roth R. Preferential vulnerability of A8 dopamine neurons in the primate to the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine. Neuroscience Letters 1986, 68: 51-56. PMID: 3487756, DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(86)90228-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsA8 regionDA neuronsSubstantia nigraDopamine cell groupsDopaminergic neuronsDopamine neuronsImmunohistochemical examinationPreferential vulnerabilityHomovanillic acidBiochemical assessmentCell groupsMarked depletionNeuronsSame animalsSignificant decreaseMarked lossMPTPStriatumNigraVervet monkeysMidbrainTetrahydropyridine
1985
Phenylacetic acid production in dominant and non-dominant vervet monkeys
Elsworth J, Redmond D, Ruthven C, Sandler M. Phenylacetic acid production in dominant and non-dominant vervet monkeys. Life Sciences 1985, 37: 1727-1730. PMID: 4058249, DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(85)90301-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1982
Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol (MHPG) as indices of brain norepinephrine metabolism in primates
Elsworth J, Redmond D, Roth R. Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol (MHPG) as indices of brain norepinephrine metabolism in primates. Brain Research 1982, 235: 115-124. PMID: 7188317, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(82)90200-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConcentration of MHPGBrain areasNorepinephrine metabolismMHPG concentrationsCisternal CSFBrain norepinephrine metabolismFree MHPG concentrationsCentral noradrenergic activityNoradrenergic activityOccipital cortexFree MHPGMHPGBrain regionsCSFSignificant correlationUseful indexVervet monkeysMetabolismPlasmaCortex