Central cholinergic systems and cognition

BJ Everitt, TW Robbins - Annual review of psychology, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The organization and possible functions of basal forebrain and pontine cholinergic
systems are reviewed. Whereas the basal forebrain cholinergic neuronal projections likely …

The unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion model in behavioral brain research. Analysis of functional deficits, recovery and treatments

RKW Schwarting, JP Huston - Progress in neurobiology, 1996 - Elsevier
Lesions with the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) have provided an important tool
to study dopamine neurons in the brain. The most common version of such lesions is the …

Multipotent neural cell lines can engraft and participate in development of mouse cerebellum

EY Snyder, DL Deitcher, C Walsh, S Arnold-Aldea… - Cell, 1992 - cell.com
Multipotent neural cell lines were generated via retrovirus-mediated v-myc transfer into
murine cerebellar progenitor cells. When transplanted back into the cerebellum of newborn …

Stem cell‐based cell therapy in neurological diseases: a review

SU Kim, J De Vellis - Journal of neuroscience research, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Human neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), stroke, and …

Prospects for new restorative and neuroprotective treatments in Parkinson's disease

SB Dunnett, A Björklund - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
The degeneration of forebrain dopamine systems in Parkinson's disease has been an
effective target for pharmaceutical research over the past four decades. However, although …

Transplantation of expanded mesencephalic precursors leads to recovery in parkinsonian rats

L Studer, V Tabar, R McKay - Nature neuroscience, 1998 - nature.com
In vitro expansion of central nervous system (CNS) precursors might overcome the limited
availability of dopaminergic neurons in transplantation for Parkinson's disease, but …

Tyrosine hydroxylase and Parkinson's disease

J Haavik, K Toska - Molecular neurobiology, 1998 - Springer
A consistent neurochemical abnormality in Parkinson's disease (PD) is degeneration of
dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra, leading to a reduction of striatal dopamine (DA) …

Neural stem cell‐based treatment for neurodegenerative diseases

SU Kim, HJ Lee, YB Kim - Neuropathology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Human neurodegenrative diseases such as P arkinson's disease (PD), H untington's
disease (HD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and A lzheimer's disease (AD) are caused …

Human neural stem cells genetically modified for brain repair in neurological disorders

SU Kim - Neuropathology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Existence of multipotent neural stem cells (NSC) has been known in develo** or adult
mammalian CNS, including humans. NSC have the capacity to grow indefinitely and have …

A synopsis on the role of tyrosine hydroxylase in Parkinson's disease

S Tabrez, NR Jabir, S Shakil, NH Greig… - CNS & Neurological …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common chronic progressive neurodegenerative disorder in
elderly people. A consistent neurochemical abnormality in PD is degeneration of …