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profileOle Isacson, Dr.Med.Sci, M.B.

TitleProfessor of Neurology
InstitutionMassachusetts General Hospital
DepartmentNeurology
AddressMclean Hospital
MRC 130, Center for Neuroregeneration Research
115 Mill St
Belmont MA 02478
Phone617/855-3283
Fax617/855-3284
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  1. Klemann CJHM, Martens GJM, Sharma M, Martens MB, Isacson O, Gasser T, Visser JE, Poelmans G. Integrated molecular landscape of Parkinson's disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2017; 3:14. PMID: 28649614.
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  2. Engelender S, Isacson O. The Threshold Theory for Parkinson's Disease. Trends Neurosci. 2017 Jan; 40(1):4-14. PMID: 27894611.
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  3. Kordower JH, Vinuela A, Chu Y, Isacson O, Redmond DE. Parkinsonian monkeys with prior levodopa-induced dyskinesias followed by fetal dopamine precursor grafts do not display graft-induced dyskinesias. J Comp Neurol. 2017 Feb 15; 525(3):498-512. PMID: 27418401.
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  4. Xiong N, Li N, Martin E, Yu J, Li J, Liu J, Lee DY, Isacson O, Vance J, Qing H, Wang T, Lin Z. hVMAT2: A Target of Individualized Medication for Parkinson's Disease. Neurotherapeutics. 2016 Jul; 13(3):623-34. PMID: 27137201; PMCID: PMC4965405 [Available on 07/01/17].
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  5. Wang X, Li N, Xiong N, You Q, Li J, Yu J, Qing H, Wang T, Cordell HJ, Isacson O, Vance JM, Martin ER, Zhao Y, Cohen BM, Buttner EA, Lin Z. Genetic Variants of Microtubule Actin Cross-linking Factor 1 (MACF1) Confer Risk for Parkinson's Disease. Mol Neurobiol. 2017 May; 54(4):2878-2888. PMID: 27021023.
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  6. Jeon J, Kim W, Jang J, Isacson O, Seo H. Gene therapy by proteasome activator, PA28?, improves motor coordination and proteasome function in Huntington's disease YAC128 mice. Neuroscience. 2016 Jun 02; 324:20-8. PMID: 26944602.
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  7. Mazzulli JR, Zunke F, Isacson O, Studer L, Krainc D. a-Synuclein-induced lysosomal dysfunction occurs through disruptions in protein trafficking in human midbrain synucleinopathy models. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 16; 113(7):1931-6. PMID: 26839413; PMCID: PMC4763774.
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  8. Korecka JA, Levy S, Isacson O. In vivo modeling of neuronal function, axonal impairment and connectivity in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders using induced pluripotent stem cells. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2016 Jun; 73:3-12. PMID: 26691153.
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  9. Rocha EM, Smith GA, Park E, Cao H, Brown E, Hayes MA, Beagan J, McLean JR, Izen SC, Perez-Torres E, Hallett PJ, Isacson O. Glucocerebrosidase gene therapy prevents a-synucleinopathy of midbrain dopamine neurons. Neurobiol Dis. 2015 Oct; 82:495-503. PMID: 26392287.
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  10. Smith GA, Jansson J, Rocha EM, Osborn T, Hallett PJ, Isacson O. Fibroblast Biomarkers of Sporadic Parkinson's Disease and LRRK2 Kinase Inhibition. Mol Neurobiol. 2016 Oct; 53(8):5161-77. PMID: 26399642.
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  11. Rocha EM, Smith GA, Park E, Cao H, Graham AR, Brown E, McLean JR, Hayes MA, Beagan J, Izen SC, Perez-Torres E, Hallett PJ, Isacson O. Sustained Systemic Glucocerebrosidase Inhibition Induces Brain a-Synuclein Aggregation, Microglia and Complement C1q Activation in Mice. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2015 Aug 20; 23(6):550-64. PMID: 26094487; PMCID: PMC4544823.
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  12. Isacson O. Lysosomes to combat Parkinson's disease. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Jun; 18(6):792-3. PMID: 26007211.
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  13. Isacson O. Sorting the wheat from the chaff in dopamine neuron-based cell therapies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 14; 112(15):4512-3. PMID: 25848026; PMCID: PMC4403218.
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  14. Smith GA, Rocha EM, Rooney T, Barneoud P, McLean JR, Beagan J, Osborn T, Coimbra M, Luo Y, Hallett PJ, Isacson O. A Nurr1 agonist causes neuroprotection in a Parkinson's disease lesion model primed with the toll-like receptor 3 dsRNA inflammatory stimulant poly(I:C). PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0121072. PMID: 25815475; PMCID: PMC4376720.
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  15. Hallett PJ, Deleidi M, Astradsson A, Smith GA, Cooper O, Osborn TM, Sundberg M, Moore MA, Perez-Torres E, Brownell AL, Schumacher JM, Spealman RD, Isacson O. Successful function of autologous iPSC-derived dopamine neurons following transplantation in a non-human primate model of Parkinson's disease. Cell Stem Cell. 2015 Mar 05; 16(3):269-74. PMID: 25732245; PMCID: PMC4462124.
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  16. Rocha EM, Smith GA, Park E, Cao H, Brown E, Hallett P, Isacson O. Progressive decline of glucocerebrosidase in aging and Parkinson's disease. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2015 Apr; 2(4):433-8. PMID: 25909088; PMCID: PMC4402088.
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  17. Hallett PJ, Cooper O, Sadi D, Robertson H, Mendez I, Isacson O. Long-term health of dopaminergic neuron transplants in Parkinson's disease patients. Cell Rep. 2014 Jun 26; 7(6):1755-61. PMID: 24910427; PMCID: PMC4105701.
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  18. McLean JR, Smith GA, Rocha EM, Osborn TM, Dib S, Hayes MA, Beagan JA, Brown TB, Lawson TF, Hallett PJ, Robertson J, Isacson O. ALS-associated peripherin spliced transcripts form distinct protein inclusions that are neuroprotective against oxidative stress. Exp Neurol. 2014 Nov; 261:217-29. PMID: 24907400.
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  19. McLean JR, Smith GA, Rocha EM, Hayes MA, Beagan JA, Hallett PJ, Isacson O. Widespread neuron-specific transgene expression in brain and spinal cord following synapsin promoter-driven AAV9 neonatal intracerebroventricular injection. Neurosci Lett. 2014 Jul 25; 576:73-8. PMID: 24882721.
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  20. Zhang J, Saur T, Duke AN, Grant SG, Platt DM, Rowlett JK, Isacson O, Yao WD. Motor impairments, striatal degeneration, and altered dopamine-glutamate interplay in mice lacking PSD-95. J Neurogenet. 2014 Mar-Jun; 28(1-2):98-111. PMID: 24702501; PMCID: PMC4406490.
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  21. Smith GA, Rocha EM, McLean JR, Hayes MA, Izen SC, Isacson O, Hallett PJ. Progressive axonal transport and synaptic protein changes correlate with behavioral and neuropathological abnormalities in the heterozygous Q175 KI mouse model of Huntington's disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Sep 01; 23(17):4510-27. PMID: 24728190.
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  22. Sundberg M, Isacson O. Advances in stem-cell--generated transplantation therapy for Parkinson's disease. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2014 Apr; 14(4):437-53. PMID: 24437368.
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  23. Davies SE, Hallett PJ, Moens T, Smith G, Mangano E, Kim HT, Goldberg AL, Liu JL, Isacson O, Tofaris GK. Enhanced ubiquitin-dependent degradation by Nedd4 protects against a-synuclein accumulation and toxicity in animal models of Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2014 Apr; 64:79-87. PMID: 24388974; PMCID: PMC3988924.
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  24. Sanders LH, Laganière J, Cooper O, Mak SK, Vu BJ, Huang YA, Paschon DE, Vangipuram M, Sundararajan R, Urnov FD, Langston JW, Gregory PD, Zhang HS, Greenamyre JT, Isacson O, Schüle B. LRRK2 mutations cause mitochondrial DNA damage in iPSC-derived neural cells from Parkinson's disease patients: reversal by gene correction. Neurobiol Dis. 2014 Feb; 62:381-6. PMID: 24148854; PMCID: PMC3877733.
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  25. Sundberg M, Bogetofte H, Lawson T, Jansson J, Smith G, Astradsson A, Moore M, Osborn T, Cooper O, Spealman R, Hallett P, Isacson O. Improved cell therapy protocols for Parkinson's disease based on differentiation efficiency and safety of hESC-, hiPSC-, and non-human primate iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons. Stem Cells. 2013 Aug; 31(8):1548-62. PMID: 23666606; PMCID: PMC3775937.
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  26. Olanow CW, Isacson O. Stem cells for Parkinson's disease: advancing science but protecting patients. Mov Disord. 2012 Oct; 27(12):1475-7. PMID: 23032987.
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  27. Wray S, Self M, Lewis PA, Taanman JW, Ryan NS, Mahoney CJ, Liang Y, Devine MJ, Sheerin UM, Houlden H, Morris HR, Healy D, Marti-Masso JF, Preza E, Barker S, Sutherland M, Corriveau RA, D'Andrea M, Schapira AH, Uitti RJ, Guttman M, Opala G, Jasinska-Myga B, Puschmann A, Nilsson C, Espay AJ, Slawek J, Gutmann L, Boeve BF, Boylan K, Stoessl AJ, Ross OA, Maragakis NJ, Van Gerpen J, Gerstenhaber M, Gwinn K, Dawson TM, Isacson O, Marder KS, Clark LN, Przedborski SE, Finkbeiner S, Rothstein JD, Wszolek ZK, Rossor MN, Hardy J. Creation of an open-access, mutation-defined fibroblast resource for neurological disease research. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e43099. PMID: 22952635; PMCID: PMC3428297.
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  28. Smith GA, Isacson O, Dunnett SB. The search for genetic mouse models of prodromal Parkinson's disease. Exp Neurol. 2012 Oct; 237(2):267-73. PMID: 22819262.
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  29. Cooper O, Seo H, Andrabi S, Guardia-Laguarta C, Graziotto J, Sundberg M, McLean JR, Carrillo-Reid L, Xie Z, Osborn T, Hargus G, Deleidi M, Lawson T, Bogetofte H, Perez-Torres E, Clark L, Moskowitz C, Mazzulli J, Chen L, Volpicelli-Daley L, Romero N, Jiang H, Uitti RJ, Huang Z, Opala G, Scarffe LA, Dawson VL, Klein C, Feng J, Ross OA, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VM, Marder K, Surmeier DJ, Wszolek ZK, Przedborski S, Krainc D, Dawson TM, Isacson O. Pharmacological rescue of mitochondrial deficits in iPSC-derived neural cells from patients with familial Parkinson's disease. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Jul 04; 4(141):141ra90. PMID: 22764206; PMCID: PMC3462009.
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  30. Hallett PJ, McLean JR, Kartunen A, Langston JW, Isacson O. a-Synuclein overexpressing transgenic mice show internal organ pathology and autonomic deficits. Neurobiol Dis. 2012 Aug; 47(2):258-67. PMID: 22549133; PMCID: PMC3376017.
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  31. Deleidi M, Isacson O. Viral and inflammatory triggers of neurodegenerative diseases. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Feb 15; 4(121):121ps3. PMID: 22344685; PMCID: PMC3982831.
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  32. Lindvall O, Barker RA, Brüstle O, Isacson O, Svendsen CN. Clinical translation of stem cells in neurodegenerative disorders. Cell Stem Cell. 2012 Feb 03; 10(2):151-5. PMID: 22305565; PMCID: PMC3982832.
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  33. Cooper O, Parmar M, Isacson O. Characterization and criteria of embryonic stem and induced pluripotent stem cells for a dopamine replacement therapy. Prog Brain Res. 2012; 200:265-76. PMID: 23195423.
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  34. Cooper O, Hallett P, Isacson O. Using stem cells and iPS cells to discover new treatments for Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012 Jan; 18 Suppl 1:S14-6. PMID: 22166414; PMCID: PMC3982835.
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  35. McLean JR, Hallett PJ, Cooper O, Stanley M, Isacson O. Transcript expression levels of full-length alpha-synuclein and its three alternatively spliced variants in Parkinson's disease brain regions and in a transgenic mouse model of alpha-synuclein overexpression. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2012 Feb; 49(2):230-9. PMID: 22155155; PMCID: PMC3340908.
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  36. Deleidi M, Hargus G, Hallett P, Osborn T, Isacson O. Development of histocompatible primate-induced pluripotent stem cells for neural transplantation. Stem Cells. 2011 Jul; 29(7):1052-63. PMID: 21608081; PMCID: PMC3340906.
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  37. Deleidi M, Cooper O, Hargus G, Levy A, Isacson O. Oct4-induced reprogramming is required for adult brain neural stem cell differentiation into midbrain dopaminergic neurons. PLoS One. 2011; 6(5):e19926. PMID: 21655272; PMCID: PMC3104995.
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  38. Tsui A, Isacson O. Functions of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic synapse and the use of neurotransplantation in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol. 2011 Aug; 258(8):1393-405. PMID: 21544566.
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  39. Deleidi M, Hallett PJ, Koprich JB, Chung CY, Isacson O. The Toll-like receptor-3 agonist polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid triggers nigrostriatal dopaminergic degeneration. J Neurosci. 2010 Dec 01; 30(48):16091-101. PMID: 21123556; PMCID: PMC3075577.
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  40. Isacson O, Mendez I. Being too inclusive about synuclein inclusions. Nat Med. 2010 Sep; 16(9):960-1; author reply 961. PMID: 20823871.
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  41. Hargus G, Cooper O, Deleidi M, Levy A, Lee K, Marlow E, Yow A, Soldner F, Hockemeyer D, Hallett PJ, Osborn T, Jaenisch R, Isacson O. Differentiated Parkinson patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells grow in the adult rodent brain and reduce motor asymmetry in Parkinsonian rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Sep 07; 107(36):15921-6. PMID: 20798034; PMCID: PMC2936617.
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  42. Seo H, Isacson O. The hAPP-YAC transgenic model has elevated UPS activity in the frontal cortex similar to Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome. J Neurochem. 2010 Sep; 114(6):1819-26. PMID: 20698932.
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  43. Hedlund E, Karlsson M, Osborn T, Ludwig W, Isacson O. Global gene expression profiling of somatic motor neuron populations with different vulnerability identify molecules and pathways of degeneration and protection. Brain. 2010 Aug; 133(Pt 8):2313-30. PMID: 20826431; PMCID: PMC3139939.
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  44. Cooper O, Hargus G, Deleidi M, Blak A, Osborn T, Marlow E, Lee K, Levy A, Perez-Torres E, Yow A, Isacson O. Differentiation of human ES and Parkinson's disease iPS cells into ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons requires a high activity form of SHH, FGF8a and specific regionalization by retinoic acid. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2010 Nov; 45(3):258-66. PMID: 20603216; PMCID: PMC2945816.
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  45. Chung CY, Licznerski P, Alavian KN, Simeone A, Lin Z, Martin E, Vance J, Isacson O. The transcription factor orthodenticle homeobox 2 influences axonal projections and vulnerability of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Brain. 2010 Jul; 133(Pt 7):2022-31. PMID: 20573704; PMCID: PMC2892944.
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  46. Lin Z, Zhao Y, Chung CY, Zhou Y, Xiong N, Glatt CE, Isacson O. High regulatability favors genetic selection in SLC18A2, a vesicular monoamine transporter essential for life. FASEB J. 2010 Jul; 24(7):2191-200. PMID: 20181938; PMCID: PMC2887259.
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  47. Chung CY, Koprich JB, Hallett PJ, Isacson O. Functional enhancement and protection of dopaminergic terminals by RAB3B overexpression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 29; 106(52):22474-9. PMID: 20007772.
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  48. Chung S, Leung A, Han BS, Chang MY, Moon JI, Kim CH, Hong S, Pruszak J, Isacson O, Kim KS. Wnt1-lmx1a forms a novel autoregulatory loop and controls midbrain dopaminergic differentiation synergistically with the SHH-FoxA2 pathway. Cell Stem Cell. 2009 Dec 04; 5(6):646-58. PMID: 19951692; PMCID: PMC2788512.
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  49. Pruszak J, Ludwig W, Blak A, Alavian K, Isacson O. CD15, CD24, and CD29 define a surface biomarker code for neural lineage differentiation of stem cells. Stem Cells. 2009 Dec; 27(12):2928-40. PMID: 19725119; PMCID: PMC3322476.
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  50. Pruszak J, Just L, Isacson O, Nikkhah G. Isolation and culture of ventral mesencephalic precursor cells and dopaminergic neurons from rodent brains. Curr Protoc Stem Cell Biol. 2009 Dec; Chapter 2:Unit 2D.5. PMID: 19960452.
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  51. Isacson O. Cell therapy ahead for Parkinson's disease. Science. 2009 Nov 20; 326(5956):1060. PMID: 19965408.
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  52. Hallett PJ, Cooper O, Isacson O. No evidence for disease-like processes in fetal transplants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 15; 106(37):E104; author reply E105. PMID: 19805203; PMCID: PMC2747238.
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  53. Cooper O, Astradsson A, Hallett P, Robertson H, Mendez I, Isacson O. Lack of functional relevance of isolated cell damage in transplants of Parkinson's disease patients. J Neurol. 2009 Aug; 256 Suppl 3:310-6. PMID: 19711122.
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  54. Astradsson A, Jenkins BG, Choi JK, Hallett PJ, Levesque MA, McDowell JS, Brownell AL, Spealman RD, Isacson O. The blood-brain barrier is intact after levodopa-induced dyskinesias in parkinsonian primates--evidence from in vivo neuroimaging studies. Neurobiol Dis. 2009 Sep; 35(3):348-51. PMID: 19501164; PMCID: PMC3319396.
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  55. Chung CY, Koprich JB, Siddiqi H, Isacson O. Dynamic changes in presynaptic and axonal transport proteins combined with striatal neuroinflammation precede dopaminergic neuronal loss in a rat model of AAV alpha-synucleinopathy. J Neurosci. 2009 Mar 18; 29(11):3365-73. PMID: 19295143; PMCID: PMC2693917.
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  56. Soldner F, Hockemeyer D, Beard C, Gao Q, Bell GW, Cook EG, Hargus G, Blak A, Cooper O, Mitalipova M, Isacson O, Jaenisch R. Parkinson's disease patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells free of viral reprogramming factors. Cell. 2009 Mar 06; 136(5):964-77. PMID: 19269371; PMCID: PMC2787236.
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  57. Zhang J, Xu TX, Hallett PJ, Watanabe M, Grant SG, Isacson O, Yao WD. PSD-95 uncouples dopamine-glutamate interaction in the D1/PSD-95/NMDA receptor complex. J Neurosci. 2009 Mar 04; 29(9):2948-60. PMID: 19261890; PMCID: PMC2693913.
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  58. Lin L, Lesnick TG, Maraganore DM, Isacson O. Axon guidance and synaptic maintenance: preclinical markers for neurodegenerative disease and therapeutics. Trends Neurosci. 2009 Mar; 32(3):142-9. PMID: 19162339; PMCID: PMC2954610.
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  59. Pruszak J, Isacson O. Molecular and cellular determinants for generating ES-cell derived dopamine neurons for cell therapy. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2009; 651:112-23. PMID: 19731556.
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  60. Hedlund E, Isacson O. ALS model glia can mediate toxicity to motor neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2008 Dec 04; 3(6):575-6. PMID: 19041769.
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  61. Isacson O, Kordower JH. Future of cell and gene therapies for Parkinson's disease. Ann Neurol. 2008 Dec; 64 Suppl 2:S122-38. PMID: 19127583; PMCID: PMC3982797.
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  62. Vinuela A, Hallett PJ, Reske-Nielsen C, Patterson M, Sotnikova TD, Caron MG, Gainetdinov RR, Isacson O. Implanted reuptake-deficient or wild-type dopaminergic neurons improve ON L-dopa dyskinesias without OFF-dyskinesias in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Brain. 2008 Dec; 131(Pt 12):3361-79. PMID: 18988638; PMCID: PMC2639209.
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  63. Sanchez-Pernaute R, Lee H, Patterson M, Reske-Nielsen C, Yoshizaki T, Sonntag KC, Studer L, Isacson O. Parthenogenetic dopamine neurons from primate embryonic stem cells restore function in experimental Parkinson's disease. Brain. 2008 Aug; 131(Pt 8):2127-39. PMID: 18669499; PMCID: PMC2724903.
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  64. Seo H, Kim W, Isacson O. Compensatory changes in the ubiquitin-proteasome system, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and mitochondrial complex II/III in YAC72 and R6/2 transgenic mice partially model Huntington's disease patients. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Oct 15; 17(20):3144-53. PMID: 18640989; PMCID: PMC2556853.
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  65. de Chevigny A, Cooper O, Vinuela A, Reske-Nielsen C, Lagace DC, Eisch AJ, Isacson O. Fate mapping and lineage analyses demonstrate the production of a large number of striatal neuroblasts after transforming growth factor alpha and noggin striatal infusions into the dopamine-depleted striatum. Stem Cells. 2008 Sep; 26(9):2349-60. PMID: 18556510; PMCID: PMC2649803.
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  66. Sanchez-Pernaute R, Wang JQ, Kuruppu D, Cao L, Tueckmantel W, Kozikowski A, Isacson O, Brownell AL. Enhanced binding of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 (mGluR5) PET tracers in the brain of parkinsonian primates. Neuroimage. 2008 Aug 01; 42(1):248-51. PMID: 18501638; PMCID: PMC2532975.
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  67. Wernig M, Zhao JP, Pruszak J, Hedlund E, Fu D, Soldner F, Broccoli V, Constantine-Paton M, Isacson O, Jaenisch R. Neurons derived from reprogrammed fibroblasts functionally integrate into the fetal brain and improve symptoms of rats with Parkinson's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Apr 15; 105(15):5856-61. PMID: 18391196; PMCID: PMC2311361.
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  68. Mendez I, Viñuela A, Astradsson A, Mukhida K, Hallett P, Robertson H, Tierney T, Holness R, Dagher A, Trojanowski JQ, Isacson O. Dopamine neurons implanted into people with Parkinson's disease survive without pathology for 14 years. Nat Med. 2008 May; 14(5):507-9. PMID: 18391961; PMCID: PMC2656682.
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  69. Hedlund E, Pruszak J, Lardaro T, Ludwig W, Viñuela A, Kim KS, Isacson O. Embryonic stem cell-derived Pitx3-enhanced green fluorescent protein midbrain dopamine neurons survive enrichment by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and function in an animal model of Parkinson's disease. Stem Cells. 2008 Jun; 26(6):1526-36. PMID: 18388307; PMCID: PMC2693914.
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  70. Viaro R, Sanchez-Pernaute R, Marti M, Trapella C, Isacson O, Morari M. Nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor blockade attenuates MPTP-induced parkinsonism. Neurobiol Dis. 2008 Jun; 30(3):430-8. PMID: 18413287; PMCID: PMC2605654.
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  71. Koprich JB, Reske-Nielsen C, Mithal P, Isacson O. Neuroinflammation mediated by IL-1beta increases susceptibility of dopamine neurons to degeneration in an animal model of Parkinson's disease. J Neuroinflammation. 2008 Feb 27; 5:8. PMID: 18304357; PMCID: PMC2292163.
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  72. Astradsson A, Cooper O, Vinuela A, Isacson O. Recent advances in cell-based therapy for Parkinson disease. Neurosurg Focus. 2008; 24(3-4):E6. PMID: 18341409.
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  73. Hong S, Kang UJ, Isacson O, Kim KS. Neural precursors derived from human embryonic stem cells maintain long-term proliferation without losing the potential to differentiate into all three neural lineages, including dopaminergic neurons. J Neurochem. 2008 Jan; 104(2):316-24. PMID: 17944878; PMCID: PMC2666192.
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  74. Hedlund E, Hefferan MP, Marsala M, Isacson O. Cell therapy and stem cells in animal models of motor neuron disorders. Eur J Neurosci. 2007 Oct; 26(7):1721-37. PMID: 17897390.
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  75. Inoue H, Lin L, Lee X, Shao Z, Mendes S, Snodgrass-Belt P, Sweigard H, Engber T, Pepinsky B, Yang L, Beal MF, Mi S, Isacson O. Inhibition of the leucine-rich repeat protein LINGO-1 enhances survival, structure, and function of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease models. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 04; 104(36):14430-5. PMID: 17726113; PMCID: PMC1955463.
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  76. Redmond DE, Vinuela A, Kordower JH, Isacson O. Influence of cell preparation and target location on the behavioral recovery after striatal transplantation of fetal dopaminergic neurons in a primate model of Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2008 Jan; 29(1):103-16. PMID: 17920901; PMCID: PMC2174366.
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  77. Hemming ML, Patterson M, Reske-Nielsen C, Lin L, Isacson O, Selkoe DJ. Reducing amyloid plaque burden via ex vivo gene delivery of an Abeta-degrading protease: a novel therapeutic approach to Alzheimer disease. PLoS Med. 2007 Aug; 4(8):e262. PMID: 17760499; PMCID: PMC1952204.
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  78. Chung CY, Koprich JB, Endo S, Isacson O. An endogenous serine/threonine protein phosphatase inhibitor, G-substrate, reduces vulnerability in models of Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci. 2007 Aug 01; 27(31):8314-23. PMID: 17670978; PMCID: PMC2074880.
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  79. Brunlid G, Pruszak J, Holmes B, Isacson O, Sonntag KC. Immature and neurally differentiated mouse embryonic stem cells do not express a functional Fas/Fas ligand system. Stem Cells. 2007 Oct; 25(10):2551-8. PMID: 17615270; PMCID: PMC2951385.
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  80. Hong S, Hwang DY, Yoon S, Isacson O, Ramezani A, Hawley RG, Kim KS. Functional analysis of various promoters in lentiviral vectors at different stages of in vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Mol Ther. 2007 Sep; 15(9):1630-9. PMID: 17609656; PMCID: PMC2614215.
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  81. Pruszak J, Sonntag KC, Aung MH, Sanchez-Pernaute R, Isacson O. Markers and methods for cell sorting of human embryonic stem cell-derived neural cell populations. Stem Cells. 2007 Sep; 25(9):2257-68. PMID: 17588935; PMCID: PMC2238728.
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  181. Haque NS, Borghesani P, Isacson O. Therapeutic strategies for Huntington's disease based on a molecular understanding of the disorder. Mol Med Today. 1997 Apr; 3(4):175-83. PMID: 9134531.
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  182. Haque N, Isacson O. Antisense gene therapy for neurodegenerative disease? Exp Neurol. 1997 Mar; 144(1):139-46. PMID: 9126163.
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  183. Deacon T, Schumacher J, Dinsmore J, Thomas C, Palmer P, Kott S, Edge A, Penney D, Kassissieh S, Dempsey P, Isacson O. Histological evidence of fetal pig neural cell survival after transplantation into a patient with Parkinson's disease. Nat Med. 1997 Mar; 3(3):350-3. PMID: 9055867.
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  184. Isacson O, Deacon TW. Specific axon guidance factors persist in the adult brain as demonstrated by pig neuroblasts transplanted to the rat. Neuroscience. 1996 Dec; 75(3):827-37. PMID: 8951876.
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  185. Galpern WR, Matthews RT, Beal MF, Isacson O. NGF attenuates 3-nitrotyrosine formation in a 3-NP model of Huntington's disease. Neuroreport. 1996 Nov 04; 7(15-17):2639-42. PMID: 8981438.
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  186. Galpern WR, Burns LH, Deacon TW, Dinsmore J, Isacson O. Xenotransplantation of porcine fetal ventral mesencephalon in a rat model of Parkinson's disease: functional recovery and graft morphology. Exp Neurol. 1996 Jul; 140(1):1-13. PMID: 8682173.
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  187. Dinsmore JH, Pakzaban P, Deacon TW, Burns L, Isacson O. Survival of transplanted porcine neural cells treated with F(ab')2 antibody fragments directed against donor MHC class-I in a rodent model. Transplant Proc. 1996 Apr; 28(2):817-8. PMID: 8623415.
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  188. Dinsmore J, Ratliff J, Deacon T, Pakzaban P, Jacoby D, Galpern W, Isacson O. Embryonic stem cells differentiated in vitro as a novel source of cells for transplantation. Cell Transplant. 1996 Mar-Apr; 5(2):131-43. PMID: 8689027.
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  189. Galpern WR, Frim DM, Tatter SB, Altar CA, Beal MF, Isacson O. Cell-mediated delivery of brain-derived neurotrophic factor enhances dopamine levels in an MPP+ rat model of substantia nigra degeneration. Cell Transplant. 1996 Mar-Apr; 5(2):225-32. PMID: 8689033.
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  190. Isacson O, Kordower JH. THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL POTENTIAL OF NEURAL CELL TRANSPLANTATION: SPECIAL ISSUE BASED ON THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR NEURAL TRANSPLANTATION, 1995. Cell Transplant. 1996 Mar 01; 5(2):123-125. PMID: 28148380.
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  191. Isacson O, Deacon TW, Pakzaban P, Galpern WR, Dinsmore J, Burns LH. Transplanted xenogeneic neural cells in neurodegenerative disease models exhibit remarkable axonal target specificity and distinct growth patterns of glial and axonal fibres. Nat Med. 1995 Nov; 1(11):1189-94. PMID: 7584993.
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  192. Freeman TB, Sanberg PR, Isacson O. Development of the human striatum: implications for fetal striatal transplantation in the treatment of Huntington's disease. Cell Transplant. 1995 Nov-Dec; 4(6):539-45. PMID: 8714776.
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  193. Garcia AR, Deacon TW, Dinsmore J, Isacson O. Extensive axonal and glial fiber growth from fetal porcine cortical xenografts in the adult rat cortex. Cell Transplant. 1995 Sep-Oct; 4(5):515-27. PMID: 8520835.
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  194. Isacson O. Behavioral effects and gene delivery in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Science. 1995 Aug 11; 269(5225):856-7. PMID: 7638605.
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  195. Tatter SB, Galpern WR, Hoogeveen AT, Isacson O. Effects of striatal excitotoxicity on huntingtin-like immunoreactivity. Neuroreport. 1995 May 30; 6(8):1125-9. PMID: 7662892.
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  196. Pakzaban P, Deacon TW, Burns LH, Dinsmore J, Isacson O. A novel mode of immunoprotection of neural xenotransplants: masking of donor major histocompatibility complex class I enhances transplant survival in the central nervous system. Neuroscience. 1995 Apr; 65(4):983-96. PMID: 7617173.
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  197. Burns LH, Pakzaban P, Deacon TW, Brownell AL, Tatter SB, Jenkins BG, Isacson O. Selective putaminal excitotoxic lesions in non-human primates model the movement disorder of Huntington disease. Neuroscience. 1995 Feb; 64(4):1007-17. PMID: 7753372.
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  198. Isacson O, Frim DM, Galpern WR, Tatter SB, Breakefield XO, Schumacher JM. Cell-mediated delivery of neurotrophic factors and neuroprotection in the neostriatum and substantia nigra. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 1995 Jan 01; 8(1):59-61. PMID: 21551807.
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  199. Deacon TW, Pakzaban P, Isacson O. The lateral ganglionic eminence is the origin of cells committed to striatal phenotypes: neural transplantation and developmental evidence. Brain Res. 1994 Dec 30; 668(1-2):211-9. PMID: 7704606.
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  200. Deacon TW, Pakzaban P, Burns LH, Dinsmore J, Isacson O. Cytoarchitectonic development, axon-glia relationships, and long distance axon growth of porcine striatal xenografts in rats. Exp Neurol. 1994 Nov; 130(1):151-67. PMID: 7821391.
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  201. Pakzaban P, Isacson O. Neural xenotransplantation: reconstruction of neuronal circuitry across species barriers. Neuroscience. 1994 Oct; 62(4):989-1001. PMID: 7845600.
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  202. Andersen JK, Frim DM, Isacson O, Beal MF, Breakefield XO. Elevation of neuronal MAO-B activity in a transgenic mouse model does not increase sensitivity to the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). Brain Res. 1994 Sep 05; 656(1):108-14. PMID: 7804823.
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  203. Frim DM, Wüllner U, Beal MF, Isacson O. Implanted NGF-producing fibroblasts induce catalase and modify ATP levels but do not affect glutamate receptor binding or NMDA receptor expression in the rat striatum. Exp Neurol. 1994 Aug; 128(2):172-80. PMID: 8076661.
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  204. Pakzaban P, Geller AI, Isacson O. Effect of exogenous nerve growth factor on neurotoxicity of and neuronal gene delivery by a herpes simplex amplicon vector in the rat brain. Hum Gene Ther. 1994 Aug; 5(8):987-95. PMID: 7948148.
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  205. Frim DM, Uhler TA, Galpern WR, Beal MF, Breakefield XO, Isacson O. Implanted fibroblasts genetically engineered to produce brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevent 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium toxicity to dopaminergic neurons in the rat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 May 24; 91(11):5104-8. PMID: 8197193; PMCID: PMC43940.
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  206. Isacson O. Clinical and preclinical PET correlates of parkinsonism with 11C-WIN 35,428. Ann Neurol. 1994 Mar; 35(3):377-8. PMID: 8122896.
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  207. Uhler TA, Frim DM, Pakzaban P, Isacson O. The effects of megadose methylprednisolone and U-78517F on toxicity mediated by glutamate receptors in the rat neostriatum. Neurosurgery. 1994 Jan; 34(1):122-7; discussion 127-8. PMID: 7907169.
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  208. Andersen JK, Frim DM, Isacson O, Breakefield XO. Herpesvirus-mediated gene delivery into the rat brain: specificity and efficiency of the neuron-specific enolase promoter. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1993 Oct; 13(5):503-15. PMID: 8111822.
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  209. Burns LH, Sato K, Wüllner U, Isacson O. Intra-nigra infusion of AMPA attenuates dopamine-dependent rotation in the rat. Neuroreport. 1993 Sep; 4(9):1075-8. PMID: 7693018.
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  210. Isacson O. On neuronal health. Trends Neurosci. 1993 Aug; 16(8):306-8. PMID: 7691004.
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  211. Frim DM, Simpson J, Uhler TA, Short MP, Bossi SR, Breakefield XO, Isacson O. Striatal degeneration induced by mitochondrial blockade is prevented by biologically delivered NGF. J Neurosci Res. 1993 Jul 01; 35(4):452-8. PMID: 8103116.
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  212. Wüllner U, Brouillet E, Isacson O, Young AB, Penney JB. Glutamate receptor binding sites in MPTP-treated mice. Exp Neurol. 1993 Jun; 121(2):284-7. PMID: 8393409.
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  213. Frim DM, Yee WM, Isacson O. NGF reduces striatal excitotoxic neuronal loss without affecting concurrent neuronal stress. Neuroreport. 1993 Jun; 4(6):655-8. PMID: 7688588.
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  214. Simpson JR, Isacson O. Mitochondrial impairment reduces the threshold for in vivo NMDA-mediated neuronal death in the striatum. Exp Neurol. 1993 May; 121(1):57-64. PMID: 8495711.
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  215. Frim DM, Uhler TA, Short MP, Ezzedine ZD, Klagsbrun M, Breakefield XO, Isacson O. Effects of biologically delivered NGF, BDNF and bFGF on striatal excitotoxic lesions. Neuroreport. 1993 Apr; 4(4):367-70. PMID: 8098961.
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  216. Frim DM, Short MP, Rosenberg WS, Simpson J, Breakefield XO, Isacson O. Local protective effects of nerve growth factor-secreting fibroblasts against excitotoxic lesions in the rat striatum. J Neurosurg. 1993 Feb; 78(2):267-73. PMID: 8421209.
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  217. Pakzaban P, Deacon TW, Burns LH, Isacson O. Increased proportion of acetylcholinesterase-rich zones and improved morphological integration in host striatum of fetal grafts derived from the lateral but not the medial ganglionic eminence. Exp Brain Res. 1993; 97(1):13-22. PMID: 7907548.
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  218. Bossi SR, Simpson JR, Isacson O. Age dependence of striatal neuronal death caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. Neuroreport. 1993 Jan; 4(1):73-6. PMID: 8453041.
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  219. Yee WM, Frim DM, Isacson O. Relationships between stress protein induction and NMDA-mediated neuronal death in the entorhinal cortex. Exp Brain Res. 1993; 94(2):193-202. PMID: 8395405.
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  220. Rosenberg WS, Breakefield XO, DeAntonio C, Isacson O. Authentic and artifactual detection of the E. coli lacZ gene product in the rat brain by histochemical methods. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1992 Dec; 16(3-4):311-5. PMID: 1337940.
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  221. Hantraye P, Leroy-Willig A, Denys A, Riche D, Isacson O, Maziere M, Syrota A. Magnetic resonance imaging to monitor pathology of caudate-putamen after excitotoxin-induced neuronal loss in the nonhuman primate brain. Exp Neurol. 1992 Oct; 118(1):18-23. PMID: 1397172.
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  222. Isacson O, Sofroniew MV. Neuronal loss or replacement in the injured adult cerebral neocortex induces extensive remodeling of intrinsic and afferent neural systems. Exp Neurol. 1992 Aug; 117(2):151-75. PMID: 1379936.
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  223. Beal MF, Swartz KJ, Isacson O. Developmental changes in brain kynurenic acid concentrations. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 1992 Jul 24; 68(1):136-9. PMID: 1521320.
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  224. Hantraye P, Riche D, Maziere M, Isacson O. Intrastriatal transplantation of cross-species fetal striatal cells reduces abnormal movements in a primate model of Huntington disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 May 01; 89(9):4187-91. PMID: 1533285; PMCID: PMC525658.
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  225. Hantraye P, Brownell AL, Elmaleh D, Spealman RD, Wüllner U, Brownell GL, Madras BK, Isacson O. Dopamine fiber detection by [11C]-CFT and PET in a primate model of parkinsonism. Neuroreport. 1992 Mar; 3(3):265-8. PMID: 1515582.
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  226. Hantraye P, Loc'H C, Maziere B, Khalili-Varasteh M, Crouzel C, Fournier D, Yorke JC, Stulzaft O, Riche D, Isacson O, et al. 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa uptake and [76Br]bromolisuride binding in the excitotoxically lesioned caudate-putamen of nonhuman primates studied using positron emission tomography. Exp Neurol. 1992 Feb; 115(2):218-27. PMID: 1531196.
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  227. Schumacher JM, Hantraye P, Brownell AL, Riche D, Madras BK, Davenport PD, Maziere M, Elmaleh DR, Brownell GL, Isacson O. A primate model of Huntington's disease: functional neural transplantation and CT-guided stereotactic procedures. Cell Transplant. 1992; 1(4):313-22. PMID: 1344304.
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  228. Isacson O, Peschanski M. Is there capacity for anatomical and functional repair in the adult somatosensory thalamus? Exp Neurol. 1992 Jan; 115(1):173-6. PMID: 1728564.
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  229. Levisohn LF, Isacson O. Excitotoxic lesions of the rat entorhinal cortex. Effects of selective neuronal damage on acquisition and retention of a non-spatial reference memory task. Brain Res. 1991 Nov 15; 564(2):230-44. PMID: 1810624.
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  230. Schumacher JM, Short MP, Hyman BT, Breakefield XO, Isacson O. Intracerebral implantation of nerve growth factor-producing fibroblasts protects striatum against neurotoxic levels of excitatory amino acids. Neuroscience. 1991; 45(3):561-70. PMID: 1837849.
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  231. Hantraye P, Riche D, Maziere M, Isacson O. A primate model of Huntington's disease: behavioral and anatomical studies of unilateral excitotoxic lesions of the caudate-putamen in the baboon. Exp Neurol. 1990 May; 108(2):91-104. PMID: 2139853.
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  232. O'Brien TS, Svendsen CN, Isacson O, Sofroniew MV. Loss of true blue labelling from the medial septum following transection of the fimbria-fornix: evidence for the death of cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons. Brain Res. 1990 Feb 05; 508(2):249-56. PMID: 2306616.
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  233. Sofroniew MV, Galletly NP, Isacson O, Svendsen CN. Survival of adult basal forebrain cholinergic neurons after loss of target neurons. Science. 1990 Jan 19; 247(4940):338-42. PMID: 1688664.
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  234. Isacson O, Hantraye P, Maziere M, Sofroniew MV, Riche D. Apomorphine-induced dyskinesias after excitotoxic caudate-putamen lesions and the effects of neural transplantation in non-human primates. Prog Brain Res. 1990; 82:523-33. PMID: 2149770.
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  235. Sofroniew MV, Dunnett SB, Isacson O. Remodelling of intrinsic and afferent systems in neocortex with cortical transplants. Prog Brain Res. 1990; 82:313-20. PMID: 2290944.
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  236. Dusart I, Isacson O, Nothias F, Gumpel M, Peschanski M. Presence of Schwann cells in neurodegenerative lesions of the central nervous system. Neurosci Lett. 1989 Nov 06; 105(3):246-50. PMID: 2594212.
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  237. Dunnett S, Isacson O. Trophic mechanisms are not enough. Trends Neurosci. 1989 Jul; 12(7):257. PMID: 2475937.
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  238. Sofroniew MV, Isacson O, O'Brien TS. Nerve growth factor receptor immunoreactivity in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Brain Res. 1989 Jan 09; 476(2):358-62. PMID: 2539227.
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  239. Isacson O, Riche D, Hantraye P, Sofroniew MV, Maziere M. A primate model of Huntington's disease: cross-species implantation of striatal precursor cells to the excitotoxically lesioned baboon caudate-putamen. Exp Brain Res. 1989; 75(1):213-20. PMID: 2523313.
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  240. Wictorin K, Simerly RB, Isacson O, Swanson LW, Björklund A. Connectivity of striatal grafts implanted into the ibotenic acid-lesioned striatum--III. Efferent projecting graft neurons and their relation to host afferents within the grafts. Neuroscience. 1989; 30(2):313-30. PMID: 2747920.
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  241. Lams BE, Isacson O, Sofroniew MV. Loss of transmitter-associated enzyme staining following axotomy does not indicate death of brainstem cholinergic neurons. Brain Res. 1988 Dec 20; 475(2):401-6. PMID: 3214743.
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  242. Wictorin K, Isacson O, Fischer W, Nothias F, Peschanski M, Björklund A. Connectivity of striatal grafts implanted into the ibotenic acid-lesioned striatum--I. Subcortical afferents. Neuroscience. 1988 Nov; 27(2):547-62. PMID: 2464147.
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  243. Sofroniew MV, Isacson O. Distribution of degeneration of cholinergic neurons in the septum following axotomy in different portions of the fimbria-fornix: a correlation between degree of cell loss and proximity of neuronal somata to the lesion. J Chem Neuroanat. 1988 Nov-Dec; 1(6):327-37. PMID: 3270360.
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  244. Nothias F, Wictorin K, Isacson O, Björklund A, Peschanski M. Morphological alteration of thalamic afferents in the excitotoxically lesioned striatum. Brain Res. 1988 Oct 04; 461(2):349-54. PMID: 2460191.
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  245. Peschanski M, Isacson O. Fetal homotypic transplant in the excitotoxically neuron-depleted thalamus: light microscopy. J Comp Neurol. 1988 Aug 15; 274(3):449-63. PMID: 3220970.
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  246. Brundin P, Barbin G, Strecker RE, Isacson O, Prochiantz A, Björklund A. Survival and function of dissociated rat dopamine neurones grafted at different developmental stages or after being cultured in vitro. Brain Res. 1988 Apr 01; 467(2):233-43. PMID: 3378172.
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  247. Clarke DJ, Dunnett SB, Isacson O, Sirinathsinghji DJ, Björklund A. Striatal grafts in rats with unilateral neostriatal lesions--I. Ultrastructural evidence of afferent synaptic inputs from the host nigrostriatal pathway. Neuroscience. 1988 Mar; 24(3):791-801. PMID: 2898109.
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  248. Dunnett SB, Isacson O, Sirinathsinghji DJ, Clarke DJ, Björklund A. Striatal grafts in rats with unilateral neostriatal lesions--III. Recovery from dopamine-dependent motor asymmetry and deficits in skilled paw reaching. Neuroscience. 1988 Mar; 24(3):813-20. PMID: 3380301.
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  249. Sirinathsinghji DJ, Dunnett SB, Isacson O, Clarke DJ, Kendrick K, Björklund A. Striatal grafts in rats with unilateral neostriatal lesions--II. In vivo monitoring of GABA release in globus pallidus and substantia nigra. Neuroscience. 1988 Mar; 24(3):803-11. PMID: 3380300.
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  250. Fischer W, Wictorin K, Isacson O, Björklund A. Trophic effects on cholinergic striatal interneurons by submaxillary gland transplants. Prog Brain Res. 1988; 78:409-12. PMID: 3247439.
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  251. Gage FH, Brundin P, Strecker R, Dunnett SB, Isacson O, Bjorklund A. Intracerebral neuronal grafting in experimental animal models of age-related motor dysfunction. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1988; 515:383-94. PMID: 3284426.
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  252. Wictorin K, Isacson O, Fischer W, Nothias F, Peschanski M, Björklund A. Studies on host afferent inputs to fetal striatal transplants in the excitotoxically lesioned striatum. Prog Brain Res. 1988; 78:55-60. PMID: 3247448.
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  253. Isacson O, Wictorin K, Fischer W, Sofroniew MV, Björklund A. Fetal cortical cell suspension grafts to the excitotoxically lesioned neocortex: anatomical and neurochemical studies of trophic interactions. Prog Brain Res. 1988; 78:13-26. PMID: 3073408.
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  254. Peschanski M, Rudin M, Isacson O, Delepierre M, Roques BP. Magnetic resonance imaging of intracerebral neural grafts. Prog Brain Res. 1988; 78:619-24. PMID: 3247459.
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  255. Clarke DJ, Dunnett SB, Isacson O, Björklund A. Striatal grafts in the ibotenic acid-lesioned neostriatum: ultrastructural and immunocytochemical studies. Prog Brain Res. 1988; 78:47-53. PMID: 3247443.
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  256. Dunnett SB, Isacson O, Sirinathsinghji DJ, Clarke DJ, Björklund A. Striatal grafts in the ibotenic acid-lesioned neostriatum: functional studies. Prog Brain Res. 1988; 78:39-45. PMID: 3073422.
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  257. Björklund A, Brundin P, Isacson O. Neuronal replacement by intracerebral neural implants in animal models of neurodegenerative disease. Adv Neurol. 1988; 47:455-92. PMID: 3278526.
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  258. Isacson O, Dawbarn D, Brundin P, Gage FH, Emson PC, Björklund A. Neural grafting in a rat model of Huntington's disease: striosomal-like organization of striatal grafts as revealed by acetylcholinesterase histochemistry, immunocytochemistry and receptor autoradiography. Neuroscience. 1987 Aug; 22(2):481-97. PMID: 2823174.
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  259. Isacson O, Fischer W, Wictorin K, Dawbarn D, Björklund A. Astroglial response in the excitotoxically lesioned neostriatum and its projection areas in the rat. Neuroscience. 1987 Mar; 20(3):1043-56. PMID: 3601061.
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  260. Isacson O, Pritzel M, Dawbarn D, Brundin P, Kelly PA, Wiklund L, Emson PC, Gage FH, Dunnett SB, Björklund A. Striatal neural transplants in the ibotenic acid-lesioned rat neostriatum. Cellular and functional aspects. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1987; 495:537-55. PMID: 3474959.
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  261. Brundin P, Strecker RE, Lindvall O, Isacson O, Nilsson OG, Barbin G, Prochiantz A, Forni C, Nieoullon A, Widner H, et al. Intracerebral grafting of dopamine neurons. Experimental basis for clinical trials in patients with Parkinson's disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1987; 495:473-96. PMID: 3474955.
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  262. Sofroniew MV, Isacson O, Björklund A. Cortical grafts prevent atrophy of cholinergic basal nucleus neurons induced by excitotoxic cortical damage. Brain Res. 1986 Jul 23; 378(2):409-15. PMID: 3730884.
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  263. Dunnett SB, Whishaw IQ, Jones GH, Isacson O. Effects of dopamine-rich grafts on conditioned rotation in rats with unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesions. Neurosci Lett. 1986 Jul 11; 68(1):127-33. PMID: 2873538.
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  264. Isacson O, Dunnett SB, Björklund A. Graft-induced behavioral recovery in an animal model of Huntington disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1986 Apr; 83(8):2728-32. PMID: 2939457; PMCID: PMC323373.
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  265. Brundin P, Isacson O, Gage FH, Prochiantz A, Björklund A. The rotating 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned mouse as a model for assessing functional effects of neuronal grafting. Brain Res. 1986 Feb 26; 366(1-2):346-9. PMID: 3084035.
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  266. Zetterström T, Brundin P, Gage FH, Sharp T, Isacson O, Dunnett SB, Ungerstedt U, Björklund A. In vivo measurement of spontaneous release and metabolism of dopamine from intrastriatal nigral grafts using intracerebral dialysis. Brain Res. 1986 Jan 08; 362(2):344-9. PMID: 2417666.
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  267. Brundin P, Isacson O, Gage FH, Björklund A. Intrastriatal grafting of dopamine-containing neuronal cell suspensions: effects of mixing with target or non-target cells. Brain Res. 1986 Jan; 389(1-2):77-84. PMID: 3081240.
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  268. Pritzel M, Isacson O, Brundin P, Wiklund L, Björklund A. Afferent and efferent connections of striatal grafts implanted into the ibotenic acid lesioned neostriatum in adult rats. Exp Brain Res. 1986; 65(1):112-26. PMID: 2433142.
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  269. Sofroniew MV, Pearson RC, Isacson O, Björklund A. Experimental studies on the induction and prevention of retrograde degeneration of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. Prog Brain Res. 1986; 70:363-89. PMID: 3554356.
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  270. Isacson O, Brundin P, Gage FH, Björklund A. Neural grafting in a rat model of Huntington's disease: progressive neurochemical changes after neostriatal ibotenate lesions and striatal tissue grafting. Neuroscience. 1985 Dec; 16(4):799-817. PMID: 2936982.
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  271. Brundin P, Barbin G, Isacson O, Mallat M, Chamak B, Prochiantz A, Gage FH, Björklund A. Survival of intracerebrally grafted rat dopamine neurons previously cultured in vitro. Neurosci Lett. 1985 Oct 24; 61(1-2):79-84. PMID: 3935983.
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  272. Gage FH, Brundin P, Isacson O, Björklund A. Rat fetal brain tissue grafts survive and innervate host brain following five day pregraft tissue storage. Neurosci Lett. 1985 Sep 30; 60(2):133-7. PMID: 4058805.
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  273. Brundin P, Isacson O, Björklund A. Monitoring of cell viability in suspensions of embryonic CNS tissue and its use as a criterion for intracerebral graft survival. Brain Res. 1985 Apr 08; 331(2):251-9. PMID: 3986568.
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  274. Emson PC, Dawbarn D, Rossor MN, Rehfeld JF, Brundin P, Isacson O, Björklund A. Cholecystokinin content in the basal ganglia in Huntington's disease. The expression of cholecystokinin immunoreactivity in striatal grafts to ibotenic acid-lesioned rat striatum. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1985; 448:488-94. PMID: 3161446.
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  275. Isacson O, Brundin P, Kelly PA, Gage FH, Björklund A. Functional neuronal replacement by grafted striatal neurones in the ibotenic acid-lesioned rat striatum. Nature. 1984 Oct 4-10; 311(5985):458-60. PMID: 6482962.
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  276. Gage FH, Dunnett SB, Brundin P, Isacson O, Björklund A. Intracerebral grafting of embryonic neural cells into the adult host brain: an overview of the cell suspension method and its application. Dev Neurosci. 1983-1984; 6(3):137-51. PMID: 6389079.
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