At low doses, harmaline increases forelimb tremor in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Stanford, John A ^a   Fowler, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Life Span Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbolines; Harmaline; Indole alkaloids; Olivo cerebellar; Operant; Rats; Tremor

Indexed keywords

BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; HARMALINE; INDOLE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FORELIMB; HARMALINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TREMOR;

EID: 0032559345     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00974-9     Document Type: Article

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