Aged Fischer 344 rats exhibit altered orolingual motor function: Relationships with nigrostriatal neurochemical measures

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-266

  Stanford, John A ^a   Vorontsova, Elena ^b   Surgener, Stewart P ^a   Gerhardt, Greg A ^a   Fowler, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal ganglia; Dopamine; Licking; Movement; Operant

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NOMIFENSINE; WATER;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FORCE; LICKING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RHYTHM; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOMIFENSINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TONGUE;

EID: 0037333086     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(02)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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