Pharmacological, morphological and behavioral analysis of motor impairment in experimentally vitamin C deficient guinea pigs

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-33

  Barreto Oriá, Reinaldo ^a   De Castro Costa, Carlos Maurício ^a   De Jesus Teixeira Santos, Terezinha ^a   De Alencar G Vieira, Carlos Meton ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Guinea pig; Motor behavior; Motor neuron disease; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GUINEA PIG; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERIKARYON; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCURVY; SPINAL CORD; TOOTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037351058     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000100005     Document Type: Article

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