Comparison of incremental and accelerating protocols of the rotarod test for the assessment of motor deficits in the 6-OHDA model

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-223

  Monville, Christelle ^a   Torres, Eduardo M ^a   Dunnett, Stephen B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; Motor deficits substantia nigra; Parkinson's disease; Rotarod; Striatum; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; ROTAROD TEST;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33750957672     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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