Enhanced function in the good forelimb of hemi-parkinson rats: Compensatory adaptation for contralateral postural instability?

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 511-517

  Woodlee, Martin T ^a   Kane, Jacqueline R ^a   Chang, Jitsen ^a   Cormack, Lawrence K ^a   Schallert, Timothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

6 OHDA; Adjusting steps test; Cylinder test; Parkinson's disease; Postural instability; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; OXIDOPAMINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FORELIMB; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 43449119803     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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