Direct agonists for serotonin receptors enhance locomotor function in rats that received neural transplants after neonatal spinal transection

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 6213-6224

  Kim, Duckhyun ^a   Adipudi, V ^a   Shibayama, M ^a   Giszter, Simon ^a   Tessler, Alan ^a   Murray, Marion ^a   Simansky, Kenny J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal transplant; Kinematics; Locomotion; Serotonin agonists; Spinal cord injury; Transection

Indexed keywords

4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; FENFLURAMINE; QUIPAZINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SERTRALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033565419     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-14-06213.1999     Document Type: Article

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