Neurotrophic Factor Delivery Using Transgenic Astrocytes

Cunningham, Lee Anna

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• Type: First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Awards (R29)
• Project #: 5R29NS032562-04
• Application #: 2270843
• Study Section: Neurology B Subcommittee 2 (NEUB)
• Project Start: 1993-05-01
• Project End: 1998-04-30
• Budget Start: 1996-05-01
• Budget End: 1997-04-30
• Support Year: 4
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of New Mexico
• Department: Anatomy/Cell Biology
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 829868723
• City: Albuquerque
• State: NM
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 87131

Publications

Smith, J P; Cunningham, L A; Partridge, L D (2000) Coupling of AMPA receptors with the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger in cultured rat astrocytes. Brain Res 887:98-109

Saland, L C; Cunningham, L A; Su, C et al. (2000) Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in the rat pituitary gland. Brain Res Bull 52:109-13

Quintana, J G; Lopez-Colberg, I; Cunningham, L A (1998) Use of GFAP-lacZ transgenic mice to determine astrocyte fate in grafts of embryonic ventral midbrain. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 105:147-51

Krobert, K; Lopez-Colberg, I; Cunningham, L A (1997) Astrocytes promote or impair the survival and function of embryonic ventral mesencephalon co-grafts: effects of astrocyte age and expression of recombinant brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Exp Neurol 145:511-23

Cunningham, L A; Short, M P; Breakefield, X O et al. (1994) Nerve growth factor released by transgenic astrocytes enhances the function of adrenal chromaffin cell grafts in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Brain Res 658:219-31