Updated October 2012
Original publications
Velayudhan L, Proitsi P, Westman E, Muehlboeck JS, Mecocci P, Vellas B,Tsolaki M,
Kłoszewska I, Soininen H, Spenger C, Hodges A, Powell J, Lovestone S, Simmons A.
Entorhinal Cortex Thickness Predicts Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers
Dis. 2012 Oct 9.
Funke SA, Bartnik D, Glück JM, Piorkowska K, Wiesehan K, Weber U, Gulyas B,Halldin C,
Pfeifer A, Spenger C, Muhs A, Willbold D. Development of a small D-enantiomeric
Alzheimer's amyloidβ binding peptide ligand for future in vivo imaging applications. PLoS
One. 2012;7(7):e41457. Epub 2012 Jul 24.
Jahan M, Nag S, Krasikova R, Weber U, Muhs A, Pfeifer A, Spenger C, Willbold D, Gulyás
B, Halldin C. Fluorine-18 labeling of three novel D-peptides by conjugation with Nsuccinimidyl-4-[18F]fluorobenzoate and preliminary examination by postmortem wholehemisphere human brain autoradiography. Nucl Med Biol. 2012 Apr;39(3):315-23.
Gulyás B, Spenger C, Beliczai Z, Gulya K, Kása P, Jahan M, Jia Z, Weber U, Pfeifer A, Muhs
A, Willbold D, Halldin C. Distribution and binding of 18F-labeled and 125I-labeled analogues of ACI-80, a prospective molecular imaging biomarker of disease: a whole hemisphere post mortem autoradiography study in human brains obtained from Alzheimer's disease patients.
Neurochem Int. 2012 Jan;60(2):153-62.
Liu Y, Julkunen V, Paajanen T, Westman E, Wahlund LO, Aitken A, Sobow T, Mecocci P,
Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Muehlboeck S, Spenger C, Lovestone S, Simmons A, Soininen H;
AddNeuroMed Consortium. Education increases reserve against Alzheimer's diseaseevidence from structural MRI analysis. Neuroradiology. 2012 Sep;54(9):929-38.
Whitehead D, Tunnard C, Hurt C, Wahlund LO, Mecocci P, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Spenger C,
Kłoszewska I, Soininen H, Cromb D, Lovestone S, Simmons A; AddNeuroMed Consortium.
Frontotemporal atrophy associated with paranoid delusions in women with Alzheimer's disease. Int Psychogeriatr. 2012 Jan;24(1):99-107.
Thambisetty M, Simmons A, Hye A, Campbell J, Westman E, Zhang Y, Wahlund LO, Kinsey
A, Causevic M, Killick R, Kloszewska I, Mecocci P, Soininen H, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Spenger
C, Lovestone S; AddNeuroMed Consortium. Plasma biomarkers of brain atrophy in
Alzheimer's disease. PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e28527.
Furney SJ, Kronenberg D, Simmons A, Güntert A, Dobson RJ, Proitsi P, Wahlund LO,
Kloszewska I, Mecocci P, Soininen H, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Spenger C, Lovestone S.
Combinatorial markers of mild cognitive impairment conversion to Alzheimer's disease-cytokines and MRI measures together predict disease progression. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011;
26 Suppl 3:395-405.
Westman E, Wahlund LO, Foy C, Poppe M, Cooper A, Murphy D, Spenger C, Lovestone S,
Simmons A. Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy for detection of early Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011; 26 Suppl 3:307-19.
Westman E, Cavallin L, Muehlboeck JS, Zhang Y, Mecocci P, Vellas B, Tsolaki M,
Kłoszewska I, Soininen H, Spenger C, Lovestone S, Simmons A, Wahlund LO;
AddNeuroMed consortium. Sensitivity and specificity of medial temporal lobe visual ratings and multivariate regional MRI classification in Alzheimer's disease. PLoS One.
2011;6(7):e22506.
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Westman E, Simmons A, Muehlboeck JS, Mecocci P, Vellas B, Tsolaki M, Kłoszewska I,
Soininen H, Weiner MW, Lovestone S, Spenger C, Wahlund LO; AddNeuroMed consortium;
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. AddNeuroMed and ADNI: similar patterns of
Alzheimer's atrophy and automated MRI classification accuracy in Europe and North
America. Neuroimage. 2011 Oct 1;58(3):818-28.
Costafreda SG, Dinov ID, Tu Z, Shi Y, Liu CY, Kloszewska I, Mecocci P, Soininen H, Tsolaki
M, Vellas B, Wahlund LO, Spenger C, Toga AW, Lovestone S, Simmons A. Automated hippocampal shape analysis predicts the onset of dementia in mild cognitive impairment.
Neuroimage. 2011 May 1;56(1):212-9.
Erschbamer M, Oberg J, Westman E, Sitnikov R, Olson L, Spenger C. 1H-MRS in spinal cord injury: acute and chronic metabolite alterations in rat brain and lumbar spinal cord. Eur J
Neurosci. 2011 Feb;33(4):678-88.
Simmons A, Westman E, Muehlboeck S, Mecocci P, Vellas B, Tsolaki M, Kłoszewska I,
Wahlund LO, Soininen H, Lovestone S, Evans A, Spenger C. The AddNeuroMed framework for multi-centre MRI assessment of Alzheimer's disease: experience from the first 24 months.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;26(1):75-82.
Furney SJ, Simmons A, Breen G, Pedroso I, Lunnon K, Proitsi P, Hodges A, Powell J,
Wahlund LO, Kloszewska I, Mecocci P, Soininen H, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Spenger C, Lathrop
M, Shen L, Kim S, Saykin AJ, Weiner MW, Lovestone S; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging
Initiative; AddNeuroMed Consortium. Genome-wide association with MRI atrophy measures as a quantitative trait locus for Alzheimer's disease. Mol Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;16(11):1130-8.
Tunnard C, Whitehead D, Hurt C, Wahlund LO, Mecocci P, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Spenger C,
Kłoszewska I, Soininen H, Lovestone S, Simmons A; AddNeuroMed Consortium. Apathy and cortical atrophy in Alzheimer's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Jul;26(7):741-8.
Westman E, Simmons A, Zhang Y, Muehlboeck JS, Tunnard C, Liu Y, Collins L, Evans A,
Mecocci P, Vellas B, Tsolaki M, Kłoszewska I, Soininen H, Lovestone S, Spenger C,
Wahlund LO; AddNeuroMed consortium. Multivariate analysis of MRI data for Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and healthy controls. Neuroimage. 2011 Jan
15;54(2):1178-87.
Liu Y, Paajanen T, Zhang Y, Westman E, Wahlund LO, Simmons A, Tunnard C, Sobow T,
Mecocci P, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Muehlboeck S, Evans A, Spenger C, Lovestone S, Soininen
H; AddNeuroMed Consortium. Combination analysis of neuropsychological tests and structural MRI measures in differentiating AD, MCI and control groups--the AddNeuroMed study. Neurobiol Aging. 2011 Jul;32(7):1198-206.
Liu Y, Paajanen T, Westman E, Zhang Y, Wahlund LO, Simmons A, Tunnard C, Sobow T,
Proitsi P, Powell J, Mecocci P, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Muehlboeck S, Evans A, Spenger C,
Lovestone S, Soininen H; AddNeuroMed Consort ium. APOE ε2 allele is associated with larger regional cortical thicknesses and volumes. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord.
2010;30(3):229-37.
Liu Y, Paajanen T, Westman E, Wahlund LO, Simmons A, Tunnard C, Sobow T, Proitsi P,
Powell J, Mecocci P, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Muehlboeck S, Evans A, Spenger C, Lovestone S,
Soininen H; AddNeuroMed Consortium. Effect of APOE ε4 allele on cortical thicknesses and volumes: the AddNeuroMed study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2010;21(3):947-66.
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Thambisetty M, Simmons A, Velayudhan L, Hye A, Campbell J, Zhang Y, Wahlund LO,
Westman E, Kinsey A, Güntert A, Proitsi P, Powell J, Causevic M, Killick R, Lunnon K,
Lynham S, Broadstock M, Choudhry F, Howlett DR, Williams RJ, Sharp SI, Mitchelmore C,
Tunnard C, Leung R, Foy C, O'Brien D, Breen G, Furney SJ, Ward M, Kloszewska I, Mecocci
P, Soininen H, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Hodges A, Murphy DG, Parkins S, Richardson JC,
Resnick SM, Ferrucci L, Wong DF, Zhou Y, Muehlboeck S, Evans A, Francis PT, Spenger C,
Lovestone S. Association of plasma clusterin concentration with severity, pathology, and progression in Alzheimer disease. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010 Jul;67(7):739-48.
Liu Y, Paajanen T, Zhang Y, Westman E, Wahlund LO, Simmons A, Tunnard C, Sobow T,
Mecocci P, Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Muehlboeck S, Evans A, Spenger C, Lovestone S, Soininen
H; AddNeuroMed Consortium. Analysis of regional MRI volumes and thicknesses as predictors of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol
Aging. 2010 Aug;31(8):1375-85.
Westman E, Wahlund LO, Foy C, Poppe M, Cooper A, Murphy D, Spenger C,Lovestone S,
Simmons A. Combining MRI and MRS to distinguish between Alzheimer's disease and healthy controls. J Alzheimers Dis. 2010;22(1):171-81.
Karlén A, Karlsson TE, Mattsson A, Lundströmer K, Codeluppi S, Pham TM, Bäckman CM,
Ogren SO, Aberg E, Hoffman AF, Sherling MA, Lupica CR, Hoffer BJ, Spenger C,
Josephson A, Brené S, Olson L. Nogo receptor 1 regulates formation of lasting memories.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 1;106(48):20476-81.
Simmons A, Westman E, Muehlboeck S, Mecocci P, Vellas B, Tsolaki M, Kłoszewska I,
Wahlund LO, Soininen H, Lovestone S, Evans A, Spenger C; AddNeuroMed Consortium.
MRI measures of Alzheimer's disease and the AddNeuroMed study. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009
Oct;1180:47-55.
Lovestone S, Francis P, Kloszewska I, Mecocci P, Simmons A, Soininen H, Spenger C,
Tsolaki M, Vellas B, Wahlund LO, Ward M; AddNeuroMed Consortium. AddNeuroMed--the
European collaboration for the discovery of novel biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease. Ann N
Y Acad Sci. 2009 Oct;1180:36-46.
Westman E, Spenger C, Oberg J, Reyer H, Pahnke J, Wahlund LO. In vivo 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy can detect metabolic changes in APP/PS1 mice after donepezil treatment. BMC Neurosci. 2009 Apr 7;10:33.
BereczkyVeress B, Lidman O, Sabri F, Bednar I, Granath F, Bergström T, Spenger C,
Grandien A, Olsson T, Piehl F, Diez M, Sköldenberg B. Host strain-dependent difference in susceptibility in a rat model of herpes simplex type 1 encephalitis. J Neurovirol. 2008
Apr;14(2):102-18.
Endo T, Spenger C, Hao J, Tominaga T, Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z, Olson L, Xu XJ. Functional
MRI of the brain detects neuropathic pain in experimental spinal cord injury. Pain. 2008 Aug
31;138(2):292-300.
Endo T, Spenger C, Westman E, Tominaga T, Olson L. Reorganization of sensory processing below the level of spinal cord injury as revealed by fMRI. Exp Neurol. 2008
Jan;209(1):155-60. Epub 2007 Sep 26.
Oberg J, Spenger C, Wang FH, Andersson A, Westman E, Skoglund P, Sunnemark D,
Norinder U, Klason T, Wahlund LO, Lindberg M. Age related changes in brain metabolites observed by 1H MRS in APP/PS1 mice. Neurobiol Aging. 2008 Sep;29(9):1423-33.
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Endo T, Spenger C, Tominaga T, Brené S, Olson L. Cortical sensory map rearrangement after spinal cord injury: fMRI responses linked to Nogo signalling. Brain. 2007 Nov;130(Pt
11):2951-61. Epub 2007 Oct 3.
Birdsall Abrams M, Josephson A, Dominguez C, Oberg J, Diez M, Spenger C, Olson L, Piehl
F, Lidman O. Recovery from spinal cord injury differs between rat strains in a major histocompatibility complex-independent manner. Eur J Neurosci. 2007 Sep;26(5):1118-27.
Thonabulsombat C, Johansson S, Spenger C, Ulfendahl M, Olivius P. Implanted embryonic sensory neurons project axons toward adult auditory brainstem neurons in roller drum and
Stoppini co-cultures. Brain Res. 2007 Sep 19;1170:48-58.
Persson AS, Westman E, Wang FH, Khan FH, Spenger C, Lavebratt C. Kv1.1 null mice have enlarged hippocampus and ventral cortex. BMC Neurosci. 2007 Jan 24;8:10.
Westman E, Spenger C, Wahlund LO, Lavebratt C. Carbamazepine treatment recovered low
N-acetylaspartate+N-acetylaspartylglutamate (tNAA) levels in the megencephaly mouse
BALB/cByJ-Kv1.1(mceph/mceph). Neurobiol Dis. 2007 Apr;26(1):221-8. Epub 2006 Dec 29.
PubMed PMID: 17291773.
Lavebratt C, Trifunovski A, Persson AS, Wang FH, Klason T, Ohman I, Josephsson A, Olson
L, Spenger C, Schalling M. Carbamazepine protects against megencephaly and abnormal expression of BDNF and Nogo signaling components in the mceph/mceph mouse. Neurobiol
Dis. 2006 Nov;24(2):374-83.
Lilja J, Endo T, Hofstetter C, Westman E, Young J, Olson L, Spenger C. Blood oxygenation level-dependent visualization of synaptic relay stations of sensory pathways along the neuroaxis in response to graded sensory stimulation of a limb. J Neurosci. 2006 Jun
7;26(23):6330-6.
Johansson S, Lee IH, Olson L, Spenger C. Olfactory ensheathing glial co-grafts improve functional recovery in rats with 6-OHDA lesions. Brain. 2005 Dec;128(Pt 12):2961-76.
Hofstetter CP, Holmström NA, Lilja JA, Schweinhardt P, Hao J, Spenger C, Wiesenfeld-
Hallin Z, Kurpad SN, Frisén J, Olson L. Allodynia limits the usefulness of intraspinal neural stem cell grafts; directed differentiation improves outcome. Nat Neurosci. 2005 Mar;8(3):346-
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Lundkvist J, Zhu S, Hansson EM, Schweinhardt P, Miao Q, Beatus P, Dannaeus K,
Karlström H, Johansson CB, Viitanen M, Rozell B, Spenger C, Mohammed A, Kalimo H,
Lendahl U. Mice carrying a R142C Notch 3 knock-in mutation do not develop a CADASIL-like phenotype. Genesis. 2005 Jan;41(1):13-22.
Trifunovski A, Josephson A, Ringman A, Brené S, Spenger C, Olson L. Neuronal activityinduced regulation of Lingo-1. Neuroreport. 2004 Oct 25;15(15):2397-400.
Lindskog
M, Spenger C, Jarvet J, Gräslund A, Kogner P. Predicting resistance or response to chemotherapy by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in neuroblastoma. J Natl
Cancer Inst. 2004 Oct 6;96(19):1457-66.
Fraidakis MJ, Spenger C, Olson L. Partial recovery after treatment of chronic paraplegia in rat. Exp Neurol. 2004 Jul;188(1):33-42.
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Lee IH, Bulte JW, Schweinhardt P, Douglas T, Trifunovski A, Hofstetter C, Olson L, Spenger
C. In vivo magnetic resonance tracking of olfactory ensheathing glia grafted into the rat spinal cord. Exp Neurol. 2004 Jun;187(2):509-16.
Diez M, Schweinhardt P, Petersson S, Wang FH, Lavebratt C, Schalling M, Hökfelt T,
Spenger C. MRI and in situ hybridization reveal early disturbances in brain size and gene expression in the megencephalic (mceph/mceph) mouse. Eur J Neurosci. 2003
Dec;18(12):3218-30.
Hofstetter CP, Schweinhardt P, Klason T, Olson L, Spenger C. Numb rats walk - a behavioural and fMRI comparison of mild and moderate spinal cord injury. Eur J Neurosci.
2003 Dec;18(11):3061-8.
Schweinhardt P, Fransson P, Olson L, Spenger C, Andersson JL. A template for spatial normalisation of MR images of the rat brain. J Neurosci Methods. 2003 Oct 30;129(2):105-
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Restrepo CE, Manger PR, Spenger C, Innocenti GM. Immature cortex lesions alter retinotopic maps and interhemispheric connections. Ann Neurol. 2003 Jul;54(1):51-65.
Josephson A, Trifunovski A, Schéele C, Widenfalk J, Wahlestedt C, Brené S, Olson L,
Spenger C. Activity-induced and developmental downregulation of the Nogo receptor. Cell
Tissue Res. 2003 Mar;311(3):333-42.
Landry M, Aman K, Dostrovsky J, Lozano AM, Carlstedt T, Spenger C, Josephson A,
WiesenfeldHallin Z, Hökfelt T. Galanin expression in adult human dorsal root ganglion neurons: initial observations. Neuroscience. 2003;117(4):795-809.
Lindskog M, Kogner P, Ponthan F, Schweinhardt P, Sandstedt B, Heiden T, Helms G,
Spenger C. Noninvasive estimation of tumour viability in a xenograft model of human neuroblastoma with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS). Br J Cancer. 2003
Feb 10;88(3):478-85.
Josephson A, Trifunovski A, Widmer HR, Widenfalk J, Olson L, Spenger C. Nogo-receptor gene activity: cellular localization and developmental regulation of mRNA in mice and humans. J Comp Neurol. 2002 Nov 18;453(3):292-304.
Josephson A, Widenfalk J, Trifunovski A, Widmer HR, Olson L, Spenger C. GDNF and NGF family members and receptors in human fetal and adult spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia. J
Comp Neurol. 2001 Nov 12;440(2):204-17.
Josephson A, Widenfalk J, Widmer HW, Olson L, Spenger C. NOGO mRNA expression in adult and fetal human and rat nervous tissue and in weight drop injury. Exp Neurol. 2001
Jun;169(2):319-28.
Lindskog M, Spenger C, Klason T, Jarvet J, Gräslund A, Johnsen JI, Ponthan F, Douglas L,
Nordell B, Kogner P. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in neuroblastoma: current status, prospects and limitations. Cancer Lett. 2005 Oct 18;228(1-2):247-55. Review.
Josephson A, Greitz D, Klason T, Olson L, Spenger C. A spinal thecal sac constriction model supports the theory that induced pressure gradients in the cord cause edema and cyst formation. Neurosurgery. 2001 Mar;48(3):636-45; discussion 645-6
Höglinger GU, Widmer HR, Spenger C, Meyer M, Seiler RW, Oertel WH, Sautter J. Influence of time in culture and BDNF pretreatment on survival and function of grafted embryonic rat
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ventral mesencephalon in the 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease. Exp Neurol. 2001
Jan;167(1):148-57.
Spenger C, Josephson A, Klason T, Hoehn M, Schwindt W, Ingvar M, Olson L. Functional
MRI at 4.7 tesla of the rat brain during electric stimulation of forepaw, hindpaw, or tail in single- and multislice experiments. Exp Neurol. 2000 Dec;166(2):246-53.
Guzman R, Lövblad KO, Meyer M, Spenger C, Schroth G, Widmer HR. Imaging the rat brain on a 1.5 T clinical MR-scanner. J Neurosci Methods. 2000 Apr 1;97(1):77-85.
Widenfalk J, Widmer HR, Spenger C. GDNF, RET and GFRalpha-1-3 mRNA expression in the developing human spinal cord and ganglia. Neuroreport. 1999 May 14;10(7):1433-9.
Höglinger GU, Sautter J, Meyer M, Spenger C, Seiler RW, Oertel WH, Widmer HR. Rat fetal ventral mesencephalon grown as solid tissue cultures: influence of culture time and BDNF treatment on dopamine neuron survival and function. Brain Res. 1998 Dec 7;813(2):313-22.
Fraidakis M, Klason T, Cheng H, Olson L, Spenger C. High-resolution MRI of intact and transected rat spinal cord. Exp Neurol. 1998 Oct;153(2):299-312.
Sautter J, Meyer M, Spenger C, Seiler RW, Widmer HR. Effects of combined BDNF and
GDNF treatment on cultured dopaminergic midbrain neurons. Neuroreport. 1998 Apr
20;9(6):1093-6.
Meyer M, Widmer HR, Wagner B, Guzman R, Evtouchenko L, Seiler RW, Spenger C.
Comparison of mesencephalic free-floating tissue culture grafts and cell suspension grafts in the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat. Exp Brain Res. 1998 Apr;119(3):345-55.
Sautter J, Tseng JL, Braguglia D, Aebischer P, Spenger C, Seiler RW, Widmer HR, Zurn AD.
Implants of polymer-encapsulated genetically modified cells releasing glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor improve survival, growth, and function of fetal dopaminergic grafts. Exp
Neurol. 1998 Jan;149(1):230-6.
Björklund L, Spenger C, Strömberg I. Tirilazad mesylate increases dopaminergic neuronal survival in the in Oculo grafting model. Exp Neurol. 1997 Nov;148(1):324-33.
Spenger C, Haque NS, Studer L, Evtouchenko L, Wagner B, Bühler B, Lendahl U, Dunnett
SB, Seiler RW. Fetal ventral mesencephalon of human and rat origin maintained in vitro and transplanted to 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats gives rise to grafts rich in dopaminergic neurons. Exp Brain Res. 1996 Nov;112(1):47-57.
Evtouchenko L, Studer L, Spenger C, Dreher E, Seiler RW. A mathematical model for the estimation of human embryonic and fetal age. Cell Transplant. 1996 Jul-Aug;5(4):453-64.
Studer L, Spenger C, Seiler RW, Othberg A, Lindvall O, Odin P. Effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on neuronal structure of dopaminergic neurons in dissociated cultures of human fetal mesencephalon. Exp Brain Res. 1996 Mar;108(2):328-36.
Studer L, Psylla M, Bühler B, Evtouchenko L, Vouga CM, Leenders KL, Seiler RW, Spenger
C. Noninvasive dopamine determination by reversed phase HPLC in the medium of freefloating roller tube cultures of rat fetal ventral mesencephalon: a tool to assess dopaminergic tissue prior to grafting. Brain Res Bull.1996;41(3):143-50.
Blennow K, Wallin A, Agren H, Spenger C, Siegfried J, Vanmechelen E. Tau protein in cerebrospinal fluid: a biochemical marker for axonal degeneration in Alzheimer disease? Mol
Chem Neuropathol. 1995 Dec;26(3):231-45.
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Spenger C, Hyman C, Studer L, Egli M, Evtouchenko L, Jackson C, DahlJørgensen A,
Lindsay RM, Seiler RW. Effects of BDNF on dopaminergic, serotonergic, and GABAergic neurons in cultures of human fetal ventral mesencephalon. Exp Neurol. 1995 May;133(1):50-
63.
Studer L, Spenger C, Seiler RW, Altar CA, Lindsay RM, Hyman C. Comparison of the effects of the neurotrophins on the morphological structure of dopaminergic neurons in cultures of rat substantia nigra. Eur J Neurosci. 1995 Feb 1;7(2):223-33.
Spenger C, Studer L, Evtouchenko L, Egli M, Burgunder JM, Markwalder R, Seiler RW.
Long-term survival of dopaminergic neurones in free-floating roller tube cultures of human fetal ventral mesencephalon. J Neurosci Methods. 1994 Sep;54(1):63-73.
Studer L, Spenger C, Luthman J, Seiler RW. NGF increases neuritic complexity of cholinergic interneurons in organotypic cultures of neonatal rat striatum. J Comp Neurol.
1994 Feb 8;340(2):281-96.
Streit J, Spenger C, Lüscher HR. An Organotypic Spinal Cord - Dorsal Root Ganglion -
Skeletal Muscle Coculture of Embryonic Rat. II. Functional Evidence for the Formation of
Spinal Reflex Arcs In Vitro. Eur J Neurosci. 1991 Oct;3(11):1054-1068.
Spenger C, Braschler UF, Streit J, Lüscher HR. An Organotypic Spinal Cord - Dorsal Root
Ganglion - Skeletal Muscle Coculture of Embryonic Rat. I. The Morphological Correlates of the Spinal Reflex Arc. Eur J Neurosci. 1991 Oct;3(11):1037-1053.
Braschler UF , Iannone A, Spenger C, Streit J, Lüscher HR. A modified roller tube technique for organotypic cocultures of embryonic rat spinal cord, sensory ganglia and skeletal muscle.
J Neurosci Methods. 1989 Aug;29(2):121-9.
Braschler U, Shiner J, Streit J, Spenger C, Lüscher HR. Simulation of action potential propagation in terminal arborizations of cultured sensory ganglia. Schweiz Arch Neurol
Psychiatr. 1989;140(1):13-8.
Thesis: Spenger, C. On the monosynaptic reflex arc in organotypic explant cultures of rat spinal cord. University Bern, Switzerland 4. Dec. 1989.
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