2001
Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Gene Delivery Protects Dopaminergic Terminals from Degeneration
Connor B, Kozlowski D, Unnerstall J, Elsworth J, Tillerson J, Schallert T, Bohn M. Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Gene Delivery Protects Dopaminergic Terminals from Degeneration. Experimental Neurology 2001, 169: 83-95. PMID: 11312561, DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2001.7638.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAnimalsAutoradiographyCarrier ProteinsCocaineCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalDopamineDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMicroinjectionsMotor ActivityNerve Growth FactorsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsNeurotransmitter AgentsOxidopamineParkinson Disease, SecondaryPresynaptic TerminalsRatsRats, Inbred F344RNA, MessengerSubstantia NigraTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseConceptsGlial cell line-derived neurotrophic factorGDNF gene deliverySubstantia nigraDA terminalsDA neuronsNeuronal sproutingGlial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) gene deliveryAmphetamine-induced rotational asymmetryLine-derived neurotrophic factorUnilateral intrastriatal injectionAged rat brainDopaminergic neuronal functionTyrosine hydroxylase mRNADA transporter ligandsNigrostriatal functionStriatal injectionAxonal sproutingDopaminergic terminalsIntrastriatal injectionStriatal denervationDenervated striatumWeeks postlesionNeurotrophic factorNigrostriatal axonsPartial lesions
1996
Restoration of dopamine transporter density in the striatum of fetal ventral mesencephalon-grafted, but not sham-grafted, MPTP-treated parkinsonian monkeys
Elsworth J, Brittan M, Taylor J, Sladek J, Al-Tikriti M, Zea-Ponce Y, Innis R, Redmond D, Roth R. Restoration of dopamine transporter density in the striatum of fetal ventral mesencephalon-grafted, but not sham-grafted, MPTP-treated parkinsonian monkeys. Cell Transplantation 1996, 5: 315-325. DOI: 10.1016/0963-6897(95)02034-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridineAnimalsAutoradiographyBrain Tissue TransplantationCarrier ProteinsChlorocebus aethiopsCocaineDopamineDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsFetal Tissue TransplantationHomovanillic AcidIodine RadioisotopesMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMesencephalonNeostriatumNerve Tissue ProteinsParkinson Disease, SecondaryProtein BindingPutamenConceptsFetal dopamine neuronsDopamine transporter densityDopamine neuronsParkinsonian monkeysBehavioral recoveryTransporter densityCaudate nucleusNeural graftingDopamine systemImplantation procedureDopamine concentrationsFull behavioral recoveryPutamen of MPTPStriatal dopamine deficiencyStriatal dopamine concentrationsDopamine-depleted striatumStriatum of MPTPDopamine depletionVentral mesencephalonDopamine deficiencyMotor abnormalitiesDopaminergic innervationUseful treatmentStriatal nucleiAdult striatumRestoration of Dopamine Transporter Density in the Striatum of Fetal Ventral Mesencephalon-Grafted, but not Sham-Grafted, Mptp-Treated Parkinsonian Monkeys
Elsworth J, Brittan M, Taylor J, Sladek J, Al-Tikriti M, Zea-Ponce Y, Innis R, Redmond D, Roth R. Restoration of Dopamine Transporter Density in the Striatum of Fetal Ventral Mesencephalon-Grafted, but not Sham-Grafted, Mptp-Treated Parkinsonian Monkeys. Cell Transplantation 1996, 5: 315-325. PMID: 8689042, DOI: 10.1177/096368979600500220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridineAnimalsAutoradiographyBrain Tissue TransplantationCarrier ProteinsChlorocebus aethiopsCocaineDopamineDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsFetal Tissue TransplantationHomovanillic AcidIodine RadioisotopesMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMesencephalonNeostriatumNerve Tissue ProteinsParkinson Disease, SecondaryProtein BindingPutamenConceptsFetal dopamine neuronsDopamine transporter densityDopamine neuronsParkinsonian monkeysBehavioral recoveryTransporter densityCaudate nucleusNeural graftingDopamine systemImplantation procedureDopamine concentrationsFull behavioral recoveryPutamen of MPTPStriatal dopamine deficiencyStriatal dopamine concentrationsDopamine-depleted striatumStriatum of MPTPDopamine depletionVentral mesencephalonDopamine deficiencyMotor abnormalitiesDopaminergic innervationUseful treatmentStriatal nucleiAdult striatum
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