Animal model explains the origins of the cranial dystonia benign essential blepharospasm

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2842-2846

  Schicatano, Edward J ^a   Basso, Michele A ^a,b   Evinger, Craig ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DYSTONIA; EYELID REFLEX; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0030948953     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2842     Document Type: Article

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