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Neuroregeneration Institute Intensifies Quest for New Parkinson's Treatments
NIH Grant Awarded for PDiPS Cell Consortium
PDiPS Consortium Abstract PDF
PDiPS Consortium website
Neuroregeneration Institute lands 6 new Michael J. Fox Foundation competitive research awards
Click here for the MJFF website announcement and specific studies underway
Drs. Ole Isacson and Penny Hallett receive new funding from CHDI for Huntington's disease research
CHDI Foundation website
Dr. Ole Isacson receives new federal grant for innovative ALS work
ALS Abstract PDF
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RESEARCH ARTICLES (click here for full list of publications)
Viral and Inflammatory Triggers of Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Sci Transl Med, Feb 15, 2012 • 4:121-3.
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Using stem cells and iPS cells to discover new treatments for Parkinson's disease.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord, Jan 18, 2012. Suppl 1:S14-6.
Abstract from PubMed
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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, Dec 6, 2011 [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract from PubMed
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Oct4-induced reprogramming is required for adult brain neural stem cell differentiation into midbrain dopaminergic neurons.
PLoS One, Published online May 31, 2011 • 6(5): e19926.
Abstract from PubMed
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Development of histocompatible primate induced pluripotent stem cells for neural transplantation.
Stem Cells, May 23, 2011 • 29(7):1052-63.
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Functions of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic synapse and the use of neurotransplantation in Parkinson's disease.
The Journal of Neurology, August, 2011 • 258(8):1393-405.
Abstract from PubMed
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The Toll-Like receptor-3 agonist polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid triggers nigrostriatal dopaminergic degeneration.
The Journal of Neuroscience, December 1, 2010 • 30(48): 16091- 101.
Abstract from JNeurosci
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Differentiated Parkinson patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells grow in the adult rodent brain and reduce motor asymmetry in Parkinsonian rats.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2010 • 107: 15921- 26.
Abstract from PNAS
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