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Synergistic effect of electric stimulation and mesenchymal stem cells against Parkinson's disease.
Article in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Immunity in neuromodulation: probing neural and immune pathways in brain disorders.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2025Review
- Retraction: Suppression of microRNA-205-5p in human mesenchymal stem cells improves their therapeutic potential in treating diabetic foot disease.Oncotarget · 2025Article
- Noninvasive Therapies: A Forthcoming Approach to Parkinson's Treatment.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Molecular mechanisms underlying structural plasticity of electroconvulsive therapy in major depressive disorder.Brain imaging and behavior · 2024Article
- Intravital photoacoustic brain stimulation with high-precision.Journal of biomedical optics · 2024Review
- Noninvasive Neuromodulation in Parkinson's Disease: Insights from Animal Models.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived secretome-based therapy for neurodegenerative diseases: overview of clinical trials.Stem cell research & therapy · 2023Review
- Therapeutic utility of mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC)-based approaches in chronic neurodegeneration: a glimpse into underlying mechanisms, current status, and prospects.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2022Review
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Neurological Disorders.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021Review
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has known beneficial effects on the core motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), likely through induction of dopamine release and sensitivity of dopamine receptors. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can salvage loss of dopamine in PD through their differentiation into dopaminergic neurons. However, it is not known if combined ECT and MSC transplantation may have a synergistic effect against PD. Here, we showed that ECT significantly increased the differentiation of the transplanted MSCs into dopaminergic neurons in a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced mouse model of PD. On the other hand, transplantation of MSCs significantly increased dopamine levels after ECT. Co-application of ECT and MSC transplantation generated a synergistic effect through increases in dopamine and decreases in pro-inflammatory cytokines, resulting in significantly attenuated defect in stepping test and rotational behavior in MPTP-mice. Together, our data suggest that combined ECT and MSC transplantation can be a valuable treatment of PD.
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