Peer Reviewed Journals

Echeverria V, Ducatenzeiler A, Dowd E, Jänne J, Grant SM, Szyf M, Wandosell F, Avila J, Grimm H, Dunnett SB, Hartmann T, Alhonen L : Cuello AC. (2004) 'Altered mitogen-activated kinase, tau hyperphosphorylation and mild spatial learning dysfunction in transgenic rats expressing the b-amyloid peptide intracellularly in hippocampal and cortical neurons'. Neurosci, 129 (583). [Details]

Echeverria V, Ducatenzeiler A, Dowd E, Jänne J, Grant SM, Szyf M, Wandosell F, Avila J, Grimm H, Dunnett SB, Hartmann T, Alhonen L & Cuello AC. (2004) 'Altered mitogen-activated kinase, tau hyperphosphorylation and mild spatial learning dysfunction in transgenic rats expressing the ƒÒ-amyloid peptide intracellularly in hippocampal and cortical neurons'. NEUROSCIENCE, 129 :583-592. [Details]

Dowd E & Dunnett SB. (2004) 'Deficits in a lateralised associative learning task in dopamine-depleted rats with functional recovery by dopamine-rich transplants'. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 20 :1953-1959. [Details]

Dowd E : Dunnett SB. (2004) 'Deficits in a lateralised associative learning task in dopamine-depleted rats with functional recovery by dopamine-rich transplants'. Eur J Neurosci, 20 (1953). [Details]

Dowd E : Dunnett SB. (2005) 'Comparison of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced medial forebrain bundle and nigrostriatal terminal lesions in a lateralised nose-poking task in rats'. Behav Brain Res, 159 (153). [Details]

Dowd E, Monville C, Torres EM : Dunnett SB. ( (2005) 'The corridor task: a simple spontaneous behavioural test sensitive to unilateral dopaminergic deafferentation and graft-derived dopamine replacement in the striatum'. Br Res Bull, 68 (24). [Details]

Dowd E : Dunnett SB. (2005) 'Comparison of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced medial forebrain bundle and nigrostriatal terminal lesions in a lateralised nose-poking task with low stimulus-response compatibility in rats'. Behav Brain Res, 165 (181). [Details]

Dowd E, Monville C, Torres EM, Azzouz, M, Wong, LF, Mazarakis, ND & Dunnett SB. (2005) 'Lentivector-mediated delivery of GDNF protects complex motor functions relevant to human Parkinsonism in a rat lesion model'. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 22 :2587-2595. [Details]

Dowd E & Dunnett SB. (2005) 'Comparison of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced medial forebrain bundle and nigrostriatal terminal lesions in a lateralised nose-poking task in rats'. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 159 :153-161. [Details]

Dowd E, Monville C, Torres EM & Dunnett SB. (2005) 'The corridor task: a simple spontaneous behavioural test sensitive to unilateral dopaminergic deafferentation and graft-derived dopamine replacement in the striatum'. BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN, 68 :24-30. [Details]

Fitzsimmons D, Moloney TC, Dowd E. (2006) 'Further validation of the corridor task for assessing deficit and recovery in the hemi-Parkinsonian rat: restoration of bilateral food retrieval by dopamine receptor agonism'. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 169 :352-355. [DOI] [Details]

Dowd E & Dunnett, SB. (2007) 'Movement without dopamine: Striatal dopamine is required to maintain but not to perform learned actions'. BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS, 35 :428-432. [Details]

Grealish S, Xie L, Kelly M, Dowd E. ( (2008) 'Unilateral axonal or terminal injection of 6-hydroxydopamine causes rapid-onset nigrostriatal degeneration and contralateral motor impairments in the rat. '. Br Res Bull, 77 (312). [Details]

Mnich, K., Finn, D., Dowd, E., & Gorman, A. (2010) 'Inhibition by anandamide of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced cell death in PC12 cells'. International Journal Of Cell Biology, 818497 . [ARAN Link] [Details]

Moloney TC, Dockery P, Windebank AJ, Barry FP, Howard L, Dowd E. (2010) 'Survival and immunogenicity of mesenchymal stem cells from the green fluorescent protein transgenic rat in the adult rat brain'. Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 24 (645). [Details]

Walsh S, Gorman AM, Finn DP, Dowd E. (2010) 'The effects of cannabinoid drugs on abnormal involuntary movements in dyskinetic and non-dyskinetic 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rats'. Brain Res, 1363 (40):40-48. [DOI] [Details]

Moloney TC, Rooney GE, Barry FP, Howard L, Dowd E. (2010) 'Potential of rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells as vehicles for delivery of neurotrophins to the Parkinsonian rat brain'. Brain Res, 1359 (33). [Details]

pMulcahy P, Walsh S, Paucard A, Rae K, Dowd E. (2011) 'Characterisation of a novel model of Parkinson's disease induced by intra-striatal infusion of the pesticide rotenone'. Neuroscience, 181 (243). [Details]

Walsh S, Finn DP, Dowd E. (2011) 'Time-course of nigrostriatal neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in the 6-hydroxydopamine-induced axonal and terminal lesion models of Parkinson's disease in the rat'. Neuroscience, 175 (251). [Details]

           

Conference Paper

Echeverria VA, Dowd E, Alhonen LB, Janne JB, Duff KC, Ducantenzeiler AA, Grant SA, Muro AD, Baralle FD, Szyf MA, Wandossel FE, Avila JE & Cuello AC. (2002) A rat transgenic model overexpressing human Aâ peptide intraneuronally present tau hyperphosphorylation and MAPK activation. 32nd SFN meeting. Orlando: Conference Paper [Details]

Dowd E, Dunnett SB & Cuello AC. (2002) Poor spatial learning in transgenic rats that accumulate AƒÒ intracellularly in the hippocampus and cortex but do not develop extracellular plaques. 32nd SFN meeting. Orlando: Conference Paper [Details]

Dowd E & Dunnett SB. (2003) Comparative operant analysis of two 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Parkinson's disease models in the rat using the 9-hole box. 6th IBRO meeting. Prague: Conference Paper [Details]

Dowd E & Dunnett SB. (2004) Pronounced but selective recovery by mesencephalic transplants on deficits induced by unilateral dopamine lesions in a lateralised nose-poking task in rats. 15th NECTAR meeting. Brussels: Conference Paper [Details]

Dowd E, Monville C, Torres EM & Dunnett SB. (2004) The corridor task: a simple spontaneous behavioural test sensitive to unilateral dopaminergic deafferentation and graft-derived dopamine replacement in the striatum. 15th NECTAR meeting. Brussels: Conference Paper [Details]

Dowd E, Monville C, Azzouz M, Wong LF, Mazarakis D & Dunnett SB. (2005) A functional comparison of neuroprotection by GDNF and reparation by embryonic grafts in the 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rat using an operant lateralised visual discrimination task. 9th INTR meeting. Taipei: Conference Paper [Details]

Dowd E & Dunnett SB. (2006) Movement without dopamine: Striatal dopamine is required to maintain but not to perform learned actions. 1st Neuroscience Ireland meeting. Cork: Conference Paper [Details]

Dowd E & Dunnett SB. (2007) Movement without dopamine: Rats can initiate and execute pre-learned movements in the absence of striatal dopamine. Dopamine @ 50 meeting. Gothenburg: Conference Paper [Details]