The placement of a striatal ibotenic acid lesion affects skilled forelimb use and the direction of drug-induced rotation

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 409-416

  Fricker, Rosemary A ^a,b   Annett, Lucy E ^a   Torres, Eduardo M ^a   Dunnett, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Apomorphine; Ibotenic acid; Lesion placement; Paw reaching; Rotation; Striatal lesions

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; APOMORPHINE; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTATION;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FORELIMB; IBOTENIC ACID; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; ROTATION;

EID: 0030465491     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00083-4     Document Type: Article

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