Effects of unilateral labyrinthectomy on the norepinephrine content in forebrain and cerebellar structures of albino rats

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-270

  D'Ascanio, P ^a   Arrighi, P ^a   Fascetti, F ^a   Pompeiano, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FOREBRAIN; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ONCOGENE C FOS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DENERVATION; DOPAMINE; EAR, INNER; MALE; MOVEMENT; NOREPINEPHRINE; POSTURE; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

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