Progressive impairment in motor skill learning at 12 and 20 weeks post 6-OHDA- SNc lesion in rats

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 476-478

  Gambhir, Hardeep ^a   Mathur, Rashmi ^a   Behari, Madhuri ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine (6 OHDA); Motor skill learning; Nigrostriatal pathway; Parkinson's disease; Rotarod

Indexed keywords

OXIDOPAMINE;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA LESION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 79959340994     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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