An automated rotarod method for quantitative drug-free evaluation of overall motor deficits in rat models of parkinsonism

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-84

  Rozas, G ^a   Guerra, M J ^a   Labandeira Garcia J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; Behavioural test; Parkinson's disease; Rotarod

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; ROTATION;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031402010     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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