Nocardia otitidiscaviarum (GAM-5) induces parkinsonian-like alterations in mouse

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-548

  Diaz Corrales F J ^a   Colasante, Cesare ^a   Contreras, Q ^a   Puig, M ^a   Serrano, J A ^a   Hernandez L ^a   Beaman, B L ^b  

^a Universidad De Los Andes Facultad de Medicina   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradykinesia; Dopamine; Nocardia otitidiscaviarum (GAM 5); Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ACTINOMYCETOMA; AKINESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TREMOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; PARKINSONIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 2442422094     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000400011     Document Type: Article

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