Pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease: The MPTP primate model of the human disorder

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 991, Issue , 2003, Pages 199-213

  Wichmann, Thomas ^a   DeLong, Mahlon R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MPTP; Pallidum; Pathophysiology; Primate; Substantia nigra; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; PARKINSONIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0038389600     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07477.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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