Dopaminergic graft-induced long-term recovery of complex sensorimotor behaviors in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-103

  Nikkhah, G ^a   Rosenthal, C ^a   Falkenstein, G ^a   Samii, M ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; Parkinson's Disease; Skilled forelimb use; Stepping behavior; Substantia nigra; Ventral mesencephalic graft

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; RAT; REMISSION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0031863204     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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