Neuropathology of fetal nigra transplants for Parkinson's disease

JH Kordower, CE Sortwell - Progress in brain research, 2000 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the peer-reviewed reports published to date from
Parkinson's disease (PD) patients receiving fetal nigral transplants and emphasizes those
that have come to autopsy with an eye toward understanding the association of
neuroanatomical information obtained following death with clinical outcome and the
accuracy of preclinical laboratory investigations in predicting the neuroanatomical finding
observed at autopsy. It is learned from clinical trials of dopaminergic donor tissues in …