SwePub
Sök i LIBRIS databas

  Extended search

WFRF:(Strömberg C.)
 

Search: WFRF:(Strömberg C.) > Human fetal dopamin...

  • Lindvall, OLund University,Lunds universitet,Neurologi, Lund,Sektion IV,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Neurology, Lund,Section IV,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine (author)

Human fetal dopamine neurons grafted into the striatum in two patients with severe Parkinson's disease. A detailed account of methodology and a 6-month follow-up

  • Article/chapterEnglish1989

Publisher, publication year, extent ...

  • American Medical Association (AMA),1989

Numbers

  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:0663142b-95f8-4c9e-a215-912a885e6805
  • https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/0663142b-95f8-4c9e-a215-912a885e6805URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1989.00520420033021DOI

Supplementary language notes

  • Language:English
  • Summary in:English

Part of subdatabase

Classification

  • Subject category:art swepub-publicationtype
  • Subject category:ref swepub-contenttype

Notes

  • By using stereotaxic surgical techniques, ventral mesencephalic tissues from aborted human fetuses of 8 to 10 weeks' gestational age were implanted unilaterally into the striata in two patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. The patients were treated with a cyclosporine, azathioprine, and steroid regimen to minimize the risk for graft rejection. They were examined for 6 months preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively and continued to receive the same doses of antiparkinsonian medication. There were no significant postoperative complications. No major therapeutic effect from the operation was observed. However, in the clinical tests, both patients showed small but significant increases of movement speed for repeated pronation-supination, fist clenching, and foot lifting. The rate of walking also increased in the one patient tested. For both patients, there was an initial worsening postoperatively, followed by improvement vs preoperative performance at 1 to 3 months. Both patients also showed significant improvement in the magnitude of response to a single dose of levodopa (L-dopa), but there was no increase in the duration of drug action. The motor readiness potential increased in both patients postoperatively, primarily over the operated hemisphere. Neurophysiological measurements also showed a more rapid performance of simple and complex arm and hand movements on the side contralateral to transplantation in one patient at 5 months postoperatively. Positron emission tomography demonstrated no increased uptake of 6-L-(18F)-fluorodopa in the transplanted striatum at 5 and 6 months. Taken together, these results suggest that the fetal nigral implants may have provided a modest improvement in motor function, consistent with the presence of small surviving grafts. Although our results support further scientific experimentation with transplantation in Parkinson's disease, widespread clinical trials with this procedure are probably not warranted at this time.

Subject headings and genre

Added entries (persons, corporate bodies, meetings, titles ...)

  • Rehncrona, SLund University,Lunds universitet,Neurokirurgi,Sektion IV,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Neurosurgery,Section IV,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)nkir-sre (author)
  • Brundin, PLund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för experimentell medicinsk vetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten,Department of Experimental Medical Science,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)mphy-pbr (author)
  • Gustavii, BLund University,Lunds universitet,Obstetrik och gynekologi, Lund,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Lund),Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)med-bjg (author)
  • Astedt, B (author)
  • Widner, HLund University,Lunds universitet,Neurologi, Lund,Sektion IV,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Regeneration in Movement Disorders,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Neurology, Lund,Section IV,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)mphy-hwi (author)
  • Lindholm, Torun (author)
  • Björklund, ALund University,Lunds universitet,Neurobiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Neurobiology,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)mphy-abj (author)
  • Leenders, K L (author)
  • Rothwell, J C (author)
  • Frackowiak, R S (author)
  • Marsden, C D (author)
  • Johnels, B (author)
  • Steg, Pierre G (author)
  • Freedman, R (author)
  • Hoffer, B J (author)
  • Seiger, Ake (author)
  • Bygdeman, M (author)
  • Strömberg, I (author)
  • Olson, L. (author)
  • Neurologi, LundSektion IV (creator_code:org_t)

Related titles

  • In:Archives of Neurology: American Medical Association (AMA)46:6, s. 31-6150003-9942

Internet link

Find in a library

To the university's database

Kungliga biblioteket hanterar dina personuppgifter i enlighet med EU:s dataskyddsförordning (2018), GDPR. Läs mer om hur det funkar här.
Så här hanterar KB dina uppgifter vid användning av denna tjänst.

 
pil uppåt Close

Copy and save the link in order to return to this view