Future directions: use of interventional MRI for cell-based therapy of Parkinson disease.
Transplantation of neural cells for the treatment of neurologic disorders has garnered much attention and considerable enthusiasm from patients and physicians alike. Cell-based therapies have been proposed for a wide range of central nervous system pathologies ranging from stroke and trauma to demyelinating disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Notably, cell transplantation for Parkinson disease (PD) has become even more attractive with the rapid advances in derivation of dopaminergic neurons from human embryonic stem cells. This article briefly reviews some of the relevant issues regarding the transplantation of cells for treatment of PD and hypothesizes how interventional MRI may be useful to optimize the surgical delivery of cells for PD and other central nervous system disorders.
Roskom
Joshua
J
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M779, Box 0112, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Swistowski
Andrzej
A
Zeng
Xianmin
X
Lim
Daniel A
DA
D017690:Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D009474:Neurons / Q000637:transplantation; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000628:therapy*
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