Physiology of Parkinson's Disease

Therapeutics of Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-36

  Elias, Shlomo ^a   Israel, Zvi ^a   Bergman, Hagai ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal models; Basal ganglia; Parkinson's disease; Parkinsonism; PD; Physiology; Rigidity; Tremor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855922142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713990.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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