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List of works by Eilís Dowd

Activation of P2X receptors for adenosine triphosphate evokes cardiorespiratory reflexes in anaesthetized rats

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Altered mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling, tau hyperphosphorylation and mild spatial learning dysfunction in transgenic rats expressing the beta-amyloid peptide intracellularly in hippocampal and cortical neurons

scientific article published in January 2004

Cannabinoids in Parkinson’s disease

scholarly article published 2015

Central CB2 receptors in inflammation-driven neurodegeneration: dysregulation and therapeutic potential

scientific article published on September 2016

Characterisation of a novel model of Parkinson's disease by intra-striatal infusion of the pesticide rotenone

scientific article published on January 26, 2011

Comparison of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced medial forebrain bundle and nigrostriatal terminal lesions in a lateralised nose-poking task in rats

scientific article published on 26 November 2004

Comparison of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced medial forebrain bundle and nigrostriatal terminal lesions in rats using a lateralised nose-poking task with low stimulus-response compatibility

scientific article published on 31 August 2005

Deficits in a lateralized associative learning task in dopamine-depleted rats with functional recovery by dopamine-rich transplants

scientific article published in October 2004

Development and characterisation of a novel rat model of Parkinson's disease induced by sequential intranigral administration of AAV-α-synuclein and the pesticide, rotenone

scientific article published on 13 December 2011

Differential pattern of motor impairments in neurotoxic, environmental and inflammation-driven rat models of Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 19 September 2015

Differential upregulation of the cannabinoid CB₂ receptor in neurotoxic and inflammation-driven rat models of Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 18 April 2015

Encapsulation of young donor age dopaminergic grafts in a GDNF-loaded collagen hydrogel further increases their survival, reinnervation, and functional efficacy after intrastriatal transplantation in hemi-Parkinsonian rats

scientific article published on 12 August 2018

Fibrin-based microsphere reservoirs for delivery of neurotrophic factors to the brain

scientific article

Further characterisation of the LPS model of Parkinson's disease: a comparison of intra-nigral and intra-striatal lipopolysaccharide administration on motor function, microgliosis and nigrostriatal neurodegeneration in the rat.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 20 February 2006

GDNF gene delivery via a 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate based cyclized knot polymer for neuronal cell applications

scientific article published on 11 February 2013

GDNF-secreting mesenchymal stem cells provide localized neuroprotection in an inflammation-driven rat model of Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 9 July 2015

Harnessing stem cells and biomaterials to promote neural repair

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Heat shock protein 70 reduces α-synuclein-induced predegenerative neuronal dystrophy in the α-synuclein viral gene transfer rat model of Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on 27 November 2013

Human amniocytes regulate serotonin levels by active uptake and express genes suggestive of a wider role in facilitating neurotransmitter regulation in the fetal environment

scientific article published on 18 October 2010

In Memory of Tom Isaacs: The Epitomical Mover and Shaker

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Inhibition by anandamide of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced cell death in PC12 cells.

scientific article

Kinetics of thermally induced heat shock protein 27 and 70 expression by bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

scientific article

Lentivector-mediated delivery of GDNF protects complex motor functions relevant to human Parkinsonism in a rat lesion model.

scientific article published on November 2005

Loss of cannabinoid CB1 receptor expression in the 6-hydroxydopamine-induced nigrostriatal terminal lesion model of Parkinson's disease in the rat.

scientific article published on 25 January 2010

Movement without dopamine: striatal dopamine is required to maintain but not to perform learned actions

scientific article published in April 2007

Nigral grafts in animal models of Parkinson's disease. Is recovery beyond motor function possible?

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Primary tissue for cellular brain repair in Parkinson's disease: Promise, problems and the potential of biomaterials

scientific article published on 10 July 2018

Recovery of functional deficits following early donor age ventral mesencephalic grafts in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

scientific article

Survival and immunogenicity of mesenchymal stem cells from the green fluorescent protein transgenic rat in the adult rat brain.

scientific article published on 8 April 2010

Targeting delivery in Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

The Corridor Task: a simple test of lateralised response selection sensitive to unilateral dopamine deafferentation and graft-derived dopamine replacement in the striatum.

scientific article published on 15 September 2005

The behavioural and neuropathological impact of intranigral AAV-α-synuclein is exacerbated by systemic infusion of the Parkinson's disease-associated pesticide, rotenone, in rats

scientific article

The effects of cannabinoid drugs on abnormal involuntary movements in dyskinetic and non-dyskinetic 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rats

scientific article published on October 2010

The neurotoxicity of gene vectors and its amelioration by packaging with collagen hollow spheres

scientific article published on 13 December 2012

The reduction in immunogenicity of neurotrophin overexpressing stem cells after intra-striatal transplantation by encapsulation in an in situ gelling collagen hydrogel

scientific article published on 17 September 2013

Time-course of nigrostriatal neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in the 6-hydroxydopamine-induced axonal and terminal lesion models of Parkinson's disease in the rat

scientific article published on 09 December 2010

Unilateral axonal or terminal injection of 6-hydroxydopamine causes rapid-onset nigrostriatal degeneration and contralateral motor impairments in the rat.

scientific article published on 24 September 2008

Untying a nanoscale knotted polymer structure to linear chains for efficient gene delivery in vitro and to the brain.

scientific article

Upregulation of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor in environmental and viral inflammation-driven rat models of Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 14 June 2016