Transplantation of mesencephalic cell suspension in dopamine-denervated striatum of the rat: I. Effects on spontaneous activity of striatal neurons

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 318-326

  Di Loreto, S ^b   Florio, Tiziana M ^a   Capozzo, A ^a   Napolitano, A ^b   Adorno, D ^b   Scarnati, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b CNR Inst Tissue Typing Dialysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; OXIDOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENERVATION; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0029939987     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0070     Document Type: Article

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