Paraquat induces selective dopaminergic nigrostriatal degeneration in aging C57BL/6 mice

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1357-1361

  Li, Xia ^a   Yin, Jun ^a   Cheng, Chun Mei ^b   Sun, Jin Lai ^a   Li, Zheng ^c   Wu, Ying Liang ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aging C57BL 6 mice; Dopamine; Paraquat; Parkinson's disease; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE DERIVATIVE; PARAQUAT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PERFORMANCE; PERITONEUM; SENILITY; STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARAQUAT; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 24044487868     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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