Grafting of fetal dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease. The Czech experience with severe akinetic patients

O Subrt; M Tichy; V Vladyka; K Hurt

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-9160-6_15

Grafting of fetal dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease. The Czech experience with severe akinetic patients

Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien). 1991:52:51-3. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9160-6_15.

Authors

O Subrt¹, M Tichy, V Vladyka, K Hurt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Charles University Medical School, Prague, Czech.

PMID: 1792967
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9160-6_15

Abstract

Preliminary results in three patients with Parkinson's disease, who had transplantation of human embryonic mesencephalic tissue into the caput nuclei caudati, are reported. Some improvement was achieved.

MeSH terms

Brain Tissue Transplantation / methods*
Brain Tissue Transplantation / physiology
Caudate Nucleus / physiopathology
Caudate Nucleus / surgery
Czechoslovakia
Dopamine / physiology*
Fetal Tissue Transplantation / methods*
Fetal Tissue Transplantation / physiology
Follow-Up Studies
Graft Survival / physiology
Humans
Mesencephalon / embryology
Mesencephalon / transplantation*
Neurologic Examination*
Parkinson Disease / physiopathology
Parkinson Disease / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology

Substances

Dopamine