1995
Sham surgery does not ameliorate MPTP-induced behavioral deficits in monkeys
Taylor J, Elsworth J, Sladek J, Collier T, Roth R, Redmond D. Sham surgery does not ameliorate MPTP-induced behavioral deficits in monkeys. Cell Transplantation 1995, 4: 13-26. DOI: 10.1016/0963-6897(94)00035-i.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal mesencephalic tissueSubstantia nigra graftsSham surgeryBehavioral improvementMesencephalic tissueBehavioral deficitsAdult male African green monkeysDopamine concentrationsMale African green monkeysFetal dopamine neuronsSystemic MPTP administrationIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseStriatum of MPTPSham-operated monkeysPostmortem brain tissueAfrican green monkeysMore variable effectsNeuronal synaptic connectionsHost neuronsHost striatumHost brainMPTP administrationGestational ageSubstantia nigraNeuronal effectsSham Surgery does not Ameliorate MPTP-Induced Behavioral Deficits in Monkeys
Taylor J, Elsworth J, Sladek J, Collier T, Roth R, Redmond D. Sham Surgery does not Ameliorate MPTP-Induced Behavioral Deficits in Monkeys. Cell Transplantation 1995, 4: 13-26. PMID: 7728327, DOI: 10.1177/096368979500400105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal mesencephalic tissueSubstantia nigra graftsSham surgeryBehavioral improvementMesencephalic tissueBehavioral deficitsAdult male African green monkeysDopamine concentrationsMale African green monkeysFetal dopamine neuronsSystemic MPTP administrationIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseStriatum of MPTPSham-operated monkeysPostmortem brain tissueAfrican green monkeysMore variable effectsNeuronal synaptic connectionsHost neuronsHost striatumHost brainMPTP administrationGestational ageSubstantia nigraNeuronal effects
1993
Unilateral Transplantation of Human Fetal Mesencephalic Tissue Into the Caudate Nucleus of Patients With Parkinson's Disease
SPENCER D, ROBBINS R, NAFTOLIN F, MAREK K, VOLLMER T, LERANTH C, ROTH R, PRICE L, GJEDDE A, BUNNEY B, SASS K, ELSWORTH J, KIER E, MAKUCH R, HOFFER P, REDMOND D. Unilateral Transplantation of Human Fetal Mesencephalic Tissue Into the Caudate Nucleus of Patients With Parkinson's Disease. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 1993, 48: 413-415. DOI: 10.1097/00006254-199306000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1992
Unilateral Transplantation of Human Fetal Mesencephalic Tissue into the Caudate Nucleus of Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Spencer D, Robbins R, Naftolin F, Marek K, Vollmer T, Leranth C, Roth R, Price L, Gjedde A, Bunney B, Sass K, Elsworth J, Kier E, Makuch R, Hoffer P, Redmond D. Unilateral Transplantation of Human Fetal Mesencephalic Tissue into the Caudate Nucleus of Patients with Parkinson's Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 1992, 327: 1541-1548. PMID: 1435880, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199211263272201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdultAntiparkinson AgentsCaudate NucleusCryopreservationCyclosporineDopamineFemaleFetal Tissue TransplantationHomovanillic AcidHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMesencephalonMiddle AgedMotor ActivityParkinson DiseasePutamenStereotaxic TechniquesTomography, Emission-ComputedConceptsCase patientsParkinson's diseaseMesencephalic tissueCaudate nucleusHuman fetal ventral mesencephalic tissueFetal ventral mesencephalic tissueHuman fetal mesencephalic tissueContinued disease progressionFetal dopaminergic neuronsFetal mesencephalic tissueVentral mesencephalic tissueSevere Parkinson's diseaseOptimal drug therapySigns of parkinsonismMidbrain dopamine neuronsPositron emission tomographyMonths of evaluationAntiparkinsonian medicationUnilateral transplantationDrug holidayMore medicationsStriatonigral degenerationNeurologic functionDopaminergic neuronsDrug therapy