Behavioral characterization of quinolinate-induced lesions of the medial striatum: Relevance for Huntington's disease

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 158-168

  Furtado, J C S ^a   Mazurek, Michael F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029983666     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0054     Document Type: Article

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