Dopamine-rich grafts alleviate deficits in contralateral response space induced by extensive dopamine depletion in rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 485-495

  Heuer, Andreas ^a   Lelos, Mariah J ^a   Kelly, Claire M ^a   Torres, Eduardo M ^a   Dunnett, Stephen B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; 9 Hole box; Choice reaction time; Egocentric; Graft; Operant behaviour; Parkinson's disease; Primary fetal tissue; Spatial; Striatum; Ventral mesencephalon

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINE DEPLETION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTRALATERAL RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RICH GRAFT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE GRAFT;

6-HYDROXYDOPAMINE; 9-HOLE BOX; CHOICE REACTION TIME; EGOCENTRIC; GRAFT; OPERANT BEHAVIOUR; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PRIMARY FETAL TISSUE; SPATIAL; STRIATUM; VENTRAL MESENCEPHALON;

AMPHETAMINES; ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREGNANCY; RATS; REACTION TIME; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84881376429     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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