Treatment with 6-hydroxydopamine in planaria (Dugesia gonocephala s.l.): Morphological and behavioral study

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-207

  Caronti, Brunella ^a   Margotta, Vito ^b   Merante, Angelo ^c   Pontieri, Francesco E ^a   Palladini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c III Università   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Degeneration; Nervous system; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPOKINESIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HYPOKINESIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPIL; NOMIFENSINE; OPTIC LOBE; OXIDOPAMINE; PLANARIANS; SYMPATHOLYTICS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0032792837     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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