Infusion of Sydenham's chorea antibodies in striatum with up-regulated dopaminergic receptors: A pilot study to investigate the potential of SC antibodies to increase dopaminergic activity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 523, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-189

  Doyle, Flávia ^a   Cardoso, Francisco ^a   Lopes, Lívia ^b   Mendes, Marina ^b   Dias, Fernando ^a   Cruz, Luciana ^a   Tavares, Rubens ^b   Camargos, Aroldo ^b   Carneiro, Márcia ^b   Dias Lopes, Camila ^a   Chávez Olórtegui, Carlos ^a  

^a UFMG   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

6 OHDA; Animal model; Motor behavior; Striatum; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; SYDENHAM CHOREA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHOREA MINOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHOREA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; OXIDOPAMINE; PILOT PROJECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864292777     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.06.073     Document Type: Article

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