Prevention of transneuronal degeneration of neurons in the substantia nigra reticulata by ablation of the subthalamic nucleus

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 120-129

  Saji, Makoto ^a   Blau, Alan D ^b   Volpe, Bruce T ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXIN; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030249277     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0145     Document Type: Article

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