Preliminary evidence of safety following administration of L-DOPA and buspirone in an incomplete monoplegic patient

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-92

  Guertin, P A ^a,b   Brochu, C ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Centre de Sante   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Locomotion; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LOCOMOTION; MONOPLEGIA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BUSPIRONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VENOUS ANGIOMA; CEREBRAL PALSY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LEG; LEVODOPA; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149390193     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2008.70     Document Type: Article

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