Translational studies exploring neuroplasticity associated with motor skill learning and the regulatory role of the dopamine system

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue s2, 2015, Pages 10-14

  Diaz Heijtz, Rochellys ^a   Forssberg, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 5 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL PALSY; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84922995083     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12692     Document Type: Article

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