Functional recovery and axonal growth following spinal cord transection is accelerated by sustained L-DOPA administration

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2008-2014

  Doyle, L M F ^a,b   Roberts, B L ^a,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Dopamine; Eel; Locomotion; Neural activity

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; EEL; INJECTION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; AXONS; GROWTH CONES; LEVODOPA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 4944238559     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03658.x     Document Type: Article

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