Glutamatergic inputs to midbrain dopaminergic neurons in primates

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-201

  Parent, A ^a   Parent, M ^a   Charara, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Neurodegenerative disorders; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BASAL GANGLION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUIRREL MONKEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0032841360     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(99)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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