Introduction to the Special ASNTR Issue

Bjugstad K. B. ; Redmond D. E. Jr. ; Lampe K. J. ; Kern D. S. ; Sladek J. Jr. ; Mahoney M. J. Biocompatibility of PEG-based hydrogels in primate brain. Cell Transplant. 17(4): 409415; 2008.

Emborg M. E. ; Ebert A. D. ; Moirano J. ; Peng S. ; Suzuki M. ; Capowski E. ; Joers V. ; Roitberg B. Z. ; Aebischer P. ; Svendsen C. N. GDNF-secreting human neural progenitor cells increase tyrosine hydroxylase and VMAT2 expession in MPTP-treated cynomolgus monkeys. Cell Transplant. 17(4): 383395; 2008.

Gajavelli S. ; Castellanos D. A. ; Furmanski O. ; Schiller P. C. ; Sagen J. Sustained analgesic peptide secretion and cell labeling using a novel genetic modification. Cell Transplant. 17(4): 445455; 2008.

Grondin R. ; Zhang Z. ; Ai Y. ; Ding F. ; Walton A. A. ; Surgener S. P. ; Gerhardt G. A. ; Gash D. M. Intraputamenal infusion of exogenous neurturin protein restores motor and dopaminergic function in the globus pallidus of MPTP-lesioned rhesus monkeys. Cell Transplant. 17(4): 373381; 2008.

Li Q. ; Gordon M. ; Etienne M. A. ; Hammer R. P. ; Morgan D. Contrasting in vivo effects of two peptide-based amyloid-β protein aggregation inhibitors in a transgenic mouse model of amyloid deposition. Cell Transplant. 17(4): 397408; 2008.

Luan L. ; Ding F. ; Ai Y. ; Andersen A. ; Hardy P. ; Forman E. ; Gerhardt G. A. ; Gash D. M. ; Grondin R. ; Zhang Z. Pharmacological MRI (phMRI) monitoring of treatment in hemiparkinsonian rhesus monkeys. Cell Transplant. 17(4): 417425; 2008.

Monahan A. J. ; Warren M. ; Carvey P. M. Neuroinflammation and peripheral immune infiltration in Parkinson's disease: An autoimmune hypothesis. Cell Transplant. 17(4): 363372; 2008.

Sladek J. R. Jr. ; Bjugstad K. B. ; Collier T. J. ; Bundock E. A. ; Blanchard B. C. ; Elsworth J. D. ; Roth R. H. ; Redmond D. E. Jr. Embryonic substantia nigra grafts show directional outgrowth to cografted striatal grafts and potential for pathway reconstruction in nonhuman primate. Cell Transplant. 17(4): 427444; 2008.