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Cortical projection from the premotor or primary motor cortex to the subthalamic nucleus in intact and parkinsonian adult macaque monkeys: a pilot tracing study

Borgognon, Simon ; Cottet, Jérôme ; Badoud, Simon ; Bloch, Jocelyne ; Brunet, Jean-François ; Rouiller, Eric M.

In: Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2020, vol. 14, p. -

Besides the main cortical inputs to the basal ganglia, via the corticostriatal projection, there is another input via the corticosubthalamic projection (CSTP), terminating in the subthalamic nucleus (STN). The present study investigated and compared the CSTPs originating from the premotor cortex (PM) or the primary motor cortex (M1) in two groups of adult macaque monkeys. The first group...

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Fine manual dexterity assessment after autologous neural cell ecosystem (ANCE) transplantation in a non-human primate model of parkinson’s disease

Borgognon, Simon ; Cottet, Jérôme ; Moret, Véronique ; Chatagny, Pauline ; Carrara, Laura ; Fregosi, Michela ; Bloch, Jocelyne ; Brunet, Jean-François ; Rouiller, Eric M. ; Badoud, Simon

In: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2019, vol. 33, no. 7, p. 553–567

Autologous neural cell ecosystem (ANCE) transplantation improves motor recovery in MPTP monkeys. These motor symptoms were assessed using semi-quantitative clinical rating scales, widely used in many studies. However, limitations in terms of sensitivity, combined with relatively subjective assessment of their different items, make inter-study comparisons difficult to achieve. Objective. The...

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Corticotectal projections from the premotor or primary motor cortex after cortical lesion or parkinsonian symptoms in adult macaque monkeys: a pilot tracing study

Fregosi, Michela ; Contestabile, Alessandro ; Badoud, Simon ; Borgognon, Simon ; Cottet, Jérôme ; Brunet, Jean-François ; Bloch, Jocelyne ; Schwab, Martin E. ; Rouiller, Eric M.

In: Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2019, vol. 13, p. -

The corticotectal projections, together with the corticobulbar (corticoreticular) projections, work in parallel with the corticospinal tract (CST) to influence motoneurons in the spinal cord both directly and indirectly via the brainstem descending pathways. The tectospinal tract (TST) originates in the deep layers of the superior colliculus. In the present study, we analyzed the...

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Birth and death of a phantom

Dieguez, Sebastian ; Kaeser, Mélanie ; Roux, Camille ; Cottet, Jérôme ; Annoni, Jean-Marie ; Schmidlin, Eric

In: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2018, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 98–101

Patients with supernumerary phantom limb report experiencing an additional limb duplicating its physical counterpart, usually following a stroke with sensorimotor disturbances. Here, we report a short-lasting case of a right upper supernumerary phantom limb with unusual visuomotor features in a healthy participant during a pure Jacksonian motor seizure unexpectedly induced by continuous...

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Effects of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex lesion on motor habit and performance assessed with manual grasping and control of force in macaque monkeys

Badoud, Simon ; Borgognon, Simon ; Cottet, Jérôme ; Chatagny, Pauline ; Moret, Véronique ; Fregosi, Michela ; Kaeser, Mélanie ; Fortis, Ekaterina ; Schmidlin, Eric ; Bloch, Jocelyne ; Brunet, Jean-François ; Rouiller, Eric M.

In: Brain Structure and Function, 2017, vol. 222, no. 3, p. 1193–1206

In the context of an autologous adult neural cell ecosystem (ANCE) transplantation study, four intact adult female macaque monkeys underwent a unilateral biopsy of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) to provide the cellular material needed to obtain the ANCE. Monkeys were previously trained to perform quantitative motor (manual dexterity) tasks, namely, the “modified-Brinkman...