Air-stepping in neonatal rats: A comparison of L-dopa injection and olfactory stimulation

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1014-1021

  Jamon, M ^a   Maloum, I ^a   Riviere, G ^a   Bruguerolle, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARAMETER; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0036894613     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.116.6.1014     Document Type: Article

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