Université de Fribourg

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...