Increasing CNS norepinephrine levels by the precursor L-DOPS facilitate beam-walking recovery after sensorimotor cortex ablation in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 860, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 130-135

  Kikuchi, Kenji ^a,b   Nishino, Katsuhiro ^a   Ohyu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam walking performance; Cortex ablation; Functional recovery; Hemiplegia; L DOPS; Norepinephrine; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; BENSERAZIDE; DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; THREO 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLSERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; BENSERAZIDE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DROXIDOPA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEMIPLEGIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NOREPINEPHRINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0034737682     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02034-5     Document Type: Article

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