Measuring forelimb force control and movement in Fischer 344/Brown Norway rats: Effects of age and lorazepam

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 725-730

  Stanford, John A ^a,b,c   Osterhaus, Gregory L ^c   Vorontsova, Elena ^c   Fowler, Stephen C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Benzodiazepine; Bradykinesia; Force; Forelimb; Motor; Movement sequence; Operant; Parkinsonism; Rat

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; WATER;

ACCURACY; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FORCE; FORELIMB; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KINETICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; TRAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FORELIMB; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 33751165463     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32801155e8     Document Type: Article

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