Colour-coded pellets increase the sensitivity of the staircase test to differentiate skilled forelimb performances of control and 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-80

  Kloth, Verena ^a   Klein, Alexander ^a   Loettrich, David ^a   Nikkhah, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug induced rotation; Montoya's staircase test; Nigrostriatal system; Parkinson's disease; Paw reaching

Indexed keywords

OXIDOPAMINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; APOMORPHINE; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EATING; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; OXIDOPAMINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646855588     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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