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Research Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings:

"Increased dopaminergic sensitivity following prenatal MPTP and MPT+ treatments in rats." Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana. Sanberg PR, Garver DL, Norman AB, Calderon SF. November 10-14, 1987

"A new rotational behavior model for assessing the restructuring of striatal dopamine effector systems: Are transplants sensitive to peripherally acting drugs?" Schmitt Symposium, Rochester, NY. Norman AB, Giordano M, Sanberg PR, Calderon SF. June 29-July 3, 1987

"The quinolinic acid model of Huntington's Disease: Dose-dependent effects on behavior." Society for Neurosciences, New Orleans, Louisiana. Giordano M, Norman AB, Sanberg PR, Calderon SF. November 10-14, 1987

"Striatal transplants promote centrally-mediated behavioral effects of N-methyl-scopolamine which does not normally cross the blood-brain barrier." Society for Neurosciences, New Orleans, Louisiana. Sanberg PR, Weissman EM, Giordano M, Norman AB, Calderon SF. November 10-14, 1987

"Attention of apomorphine-induced rotational behavior by fetal striatal tissue transplants in rats with unilateral striatal kainic acid lesions." Society for Neurosciences, New Orleans, Louisiana. Norman AB, McGowan T, Giordano M, Sanberg PR, Calderon SF. November 10-14, 1987

Research Publications:

Scott DE, Gash DM, Sladek JR, Clayton C, Mitchell JA, Calderon SF, Paull WK: Organization of the Mammalian Cerebral Ventricular System: Ultrastructural Correlates of CSF - Neuropeptide Secretion. Frontiers in Hormone Research, 9:15-35, 1982

Sanberg PR, Calderon SF, Garver DL, Norman AB: Brain Tissue transplants in an animal model of Huntington's Disease. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 23:476-482, 1987

Norman AB, Calderon SF, Giordana M, Sanberg PR: Striatal tissue transplants attenuate apomorphine-induced rotation behavior in rats with unilateral kainic acid lesions. Neuropharmocology, 27:333-336, 1988

Norman AB, Calderon SF, Giordano M, Sanberg PR: A novel rotational behavior model for assessing the restructuring of striatal dopamine effector systems: Are transplants sensitive to peripherally acting drugs? Progress in Brain Research, in press

Calderon SF, Sanberg PR, Norman AB: Quinolinic acid lesions of rat striatum abolish DL dopamine receptor mediated catalepsy. Brain Research, in press

Abstracts:

Sanberg PR, Norman AB, Calderon SF, Garver DL: Neural implants in an animal model of Huntington's disease. Society of Biological Psychiatry, 42:161, 1987

Norman AB, Calderon, SF, Giordano M, Sanberg PR: A novel rotational behavior model for assessing the restructuring of striatal dopamine effector systems: Are transplants sensitive to peripherally acting drugs? Schmitt Neurological Sciences Symposium, 1987

Norman AB, McGowan T, Calderon SF, Giordano M, Sandberg PR: Attenuation of apomorphine-induced rotational behavior by fetal striatal tissue transplants in rats with unilateral striatal kainic acid lesions. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 13:1602, 1987

Calderon SF, Sanberg PR, Garver DL, Norman AB: Increased dopaminergic sensitivity following prenatal MPTP and MPP+ treatments in rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 13:1602, 1987

Giordano M, Calderon SF, Giordano M, Weissman EM, Norman AB: The quinolinic acid model of Huntington's disease: Dose-dependent effects on behavior. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 13:1360, 1987

Sanberg PR, Calderon SF, Giordano M, Weissman EM, Norman AB: Striatal transplants promote centrally mediated behavioral effects of N-methylscopolamine which does not normally cross the blood-brain barrier. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 13:1360, 1987

Sanberg PR, Calderon SF, Giordano M, Weissman EM, Zubrycki EM, Garver DL, Norman AB: Pharmacological recovery of dopaminergic neurotransmission following fetal striatal transplants in an animal model of Huntington's disease. Proceedings of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 1987

Norman AB, Giordano M, Calderon SF, Weissman EM, Chopra YM, Sanberg PR: Striatal tissue transplants reverse functional deficits in an animal model of Huntington's disease. Neurology 38 (Supplement):203, 1988

Calderon SF, Norman AB, Giordano M, Weissman EM, Shipley MT, Sanberg PR: The blood-brain barrier surrounding striatal transplants is permeable to peripherally acting drugs. Neurology 38 (Supplement):145, 1998

Weissman EM, Sanberg PR, Calderon SF, Zubrycki EM, Norman AB: Long-term effects of prenatal MPTP treatment on the development of rat dopaminergic systems. Neurology 38 (Supplement):230, 1988

Giordano M, Calderon SF, Norman AB, Sanberg PR: Quinolinic acid lesions of the striatum produce behavioral model of Huntington's disease. Neurology 38 (Supplement):329, 1988

Weissman EM, Norman AB, Calderon SF, Zubrycki EM, Sanberg PR: Dopamine system development: The effect of prenatal MPTP on dopamine medicated behavior. American Psychiatric Association

Current Research Activities:

Delineation of behavioral, neurochemical, pharmacologic properties of homologous fetal brain transplants in a rat model of Huntington's disease. Ongoing research