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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2008

Potential cellular and regenerative approaches for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Emma L Lane, Olivia J Handley, Anne E Rosser, Stephen B Dunnett

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Stem cell-based approach for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2015
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  12. Intrabodies as neuroprotective therapeutics.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2013
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  13. Potential sources of stem cells as a regenerative therapy for Parkinson's disease.Stem cells and cloning : advances and applications · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emma L LaneBrain Repair Group, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, CF10 3US, UK.
Olivia J Handley
Anne E Rosser
Stephen B Dunnett
Cardiff University · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0500794
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease is most commonly treated with a range of pharmacotherapeutics, with the more recent introduction of surgical techniques including deep-brain stimulation. These have limited capabilities to improve symptoms of the disease in more advanced stages, thus new therapeutic strategies including the use of viral vectors and stem cells are in development. Providing a continuous supply of dopamine to the striatum in an attempt to improve the treatment of motor symptoms using enzymes in the dopamine synthesis and machinery is one approach. Alternatively, there are tools which may serve to both protect and encourage outgrowth of surviving neurons using growth factors or to directly replace lost innervation by transplantation of primary tissue or stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons. We summarize some of the potential therapeutic approaches and also consider the recent EU directives on practical aspects of handling viral vectors, cells and tissues, and in the running of clinical trials in Europe which impact on their development.

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ethicsEuropean Union directivestem cellstransplantationviral vector

Identifiers

PMID19183776
PMCPMC2626922
OpenAlexW2127142079

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