Stepping test in mice: A reliable approach in determining forelimb akinesia in MPTP-induced Parkinsonism

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 208-211

  Blume, Shannon R ^a   Cass, Daryn K ^b   Tseng, Kuei Y ^a  

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

^b LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Dopamine; l DOPA; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AKINESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FORELIMB; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RODENT; STEPPING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; HYPOKINESIA; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LEVODOPA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 68549133201     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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