Dopaminergic projections from midbrain to primary motor cortex mediate motor skill learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2481-2487

  Hosp, Jonas A ^a,b   Pekanovic, Ana ^a,b   Rioult Pedotti, Mengia S ^a,b,c   Luft, Andreas R ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Rehabilitation Initiative and Technology Center   (Switzerland)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA; OXYGENASE; PROTEIN C FOS; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORELIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMIDINES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZAZEPINES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONS; OXIDOPAMINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RACLOPRIDE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79951826166     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5411-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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