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Animal models of movement disorders /

The use of animal models is a key aspect of scientific research in numerous fields of medicine. This book vigorously examines the important contributions and application of animal models to the understanding of human movement disorders and will serve as an essential resource for basic neuroscientist...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: LeDoux, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, �2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; List of Contributors; A1: Classification and Clinical Features of Movement Disorders; A2: Animal Models and the Science of Movement Disorders; A3: Generation of Transgenic and Gene-Targeted Mouse Models of Movement Disorders; A4: Genetics of Spontaneous Mutations in Mice; A5: Assessment of Movement Disorders in Rodents; A6: Response Dynamics: Measurement of the Force and Rhythm of Motor Responses in Laboratory Animals; A7: Behavior in Drosophila : Analysis and Control; A8: Use of C. elegans to Model Human Movement Disorders; B1: The Phenotypic Spectrum of Parkinson Disease.
  • B2: MPTP-Induced Nigrostriatal Injury in Nonhuman PrimatesB3: From Man to Mouse: The MPTP Model of Parkinson Disease; B4: Rotenone Rat and Other Neurotoxin Models of Parkinson Disease; B5: Drosophila Models of Parkinson Disease; B6: Phenotypical Characterization of Genetic Mouse Models of Parkinson Disease; B7: Utility of 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesioned Rats in the Preclinical Screening of Novel Treatments for Parkinson Dise.