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Functional Integration of Dopaminergic Neurons Directly Converted from Mouse Fibroblasts

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LRRK2 Mutant iPSC-Derived DA Neurons Demonstrate Increased Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress

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Cell Transplantation and Gene Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

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Direct conversion of human fibroblasts to dopaminergic neurons

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Reprogrammed mouse astrocytes retain a “memory” of tissue origin and possess more tendencies for neuronal differentiation than reprogrammed mouse embryonic fibroblasts

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Towards stem cell replacement therapies for Parkinson’s disease

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Epigenetic memory in induced pluripotent stem cells

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Cell type of origin influences the molecular and functional properties of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells

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Otx2 controls neuron subtype identity in ventral tegmental area and antagonizes vulnerability to MPTP

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Persistent Donor Cell Gene Expression among Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Contributes to Differences with Human Embryonic Stem Cells

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Directing Astroglia from the Cerebral Cortex into Subtype Specific Functional Neurons

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Otx2 expression is restricted to dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area in the adult brain

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Robust Pacemaking in Substantia Nigra Dopaminergic Neurons

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Cav1.3 Channel Voltage Dependence, Not Ca2+ Selectivity, Drives Pacemaker Activity and Amplifies Bursts in Nigral Dopamine Neurons

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Imaging neural activity in worms, flies and mice with improved GCaMP calcium indicators

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Making neurons from mature glia: A far-fetched dream?

(2009) Benedikt Berninger   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

A High-Efficiency System for the Generation and Study of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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Reprogramming of murine and human somatic cells using a single polycistronic vector

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