The unilateral 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease revisited: An electromyographic and behavioural analysis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 735-744

  Metz, Gerlinde A ^a   Tse, Arthur ^b   Ballermann, Mark ^b   Smith, Lori K ^a   Fouad, Karim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine depletion; EMG; Gait; Locomotion; Movement; Walking

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 23944434938     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04238.x     Document Type: Article

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