Amelioration of behavioral deficits in a rat model of Huntington's disease by an excitotoxic lesion to the globus pallidus

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-58

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Doron, Ravid ^a   Weiner, Ina ^a   Joel, Daphna ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia thalamocortical circuitry; Globus pallidus; Huntington's disease (HD); Quinolinic acid lesion; Rat; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODEL; FOOD; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1242338962     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00312-1     Document Type: Article

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