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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
Site-specific delivery of trophic factors in the brain may be important for achieving therapeutic efficacy without unwanted side effects. This study evaluated the site-specific infusion of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) into the right putamen of aged rhesus monkeys. After 4 weeks of continuous infusion at a rate of 22.5 microg/day, GDNF had diffused up to 11 mm from the catheter openings in the putamen into the rostral putamen, internal capsule, external capsule, caudate nucleus, and globus pallidus. Anisotropic flow along the external capsule tracts carried GDNF into the anterior amygdaloid area. Backflow of GDNF along the catheter track from the frontal cortex infiltrated juxtaposed corpus callosal and cortical tissue. GDNF was carried by retrograde transport to dopamine neurons in the ipsilateral substantia nigra, stimulating an 18% increase in the number of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive dopamine neurons and a 28% increase in dopamine neuron perikaryal size. Also, TH-positive fiber density was increased in the ipsilateral globus pallidus, caudate nucleus, and putamen. Anatomic effects from GDNF stimulation of the dopaminergic system were restricted to the ipsilateral hemisphere. Retrograde GDNF labeling was also present in a few TH-positive neurons in the locus coeruleus and a large cluster of TH-negative neurons in the ventral anterior thalamus. Anterograde transport of GDNF was evident in axons in the pyramidal tract from the cerebral peduncle to the caudal spinal cord. Tissue injury from the intraparenchymal catheter and continuous infusion was confined primarily to a narrow zone surrounding the track and was mild to moderate in severity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
461
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
250-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Axonal Transport, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Diffusion, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Drug Administration Routes, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Drug Administration Schedule, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Macaca mulatta, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Parkinson Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Putamen, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Substantia Nigra, pubmed-meshheading:12724841-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Intraputamenal infusion of GDNF in aged rhesus monkeys: distribution and dopaminergic effects.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't