Thalamic neuronal activity in dopamine-depleted primates: Evidence for a loss of functional segregation within basal ganglia circuits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1523-1531

  Pessiglione, Mathias ^a   Guehl, Dominique ^b   Rolland, Anne Sophie ^a   François, Chantal ^a   Hirsch, Etienne C ^a   Féger, Jean ^a   Tremblay, Léon ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Monkey; MPTP; Neuronal activity; Parkinson's disease; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

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

AKINESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DOPAMINE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MPTP POISONING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; THALAMUS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 13844280718     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4056-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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