Abnormal c-fos expression in the lateral habenula during dystonic attacks in a hamster model of idiopathic dystonia

Brain Research

Volumn 728, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-129

  Ebert, Ulrich ^a   Gernert, Manuela ^a   Löscher, Wolfgang ^a   Richter, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Movement disorder; Neuronal activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HABENULA; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030598050     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00510-0     Document Type: Article

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