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The 6-hydroxydopamine Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease
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In vivo imaging neurotransmitter function. The rat 6-hydroxydopamine model and its relevance for human Parkinson's
S Nikolaus1, R Larisch, H Vosberg
1Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Susanne.Nikolaus@uni-duesseldorf.de
Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear Medicine
|March 17, 2011
Abstract:
This article gives an overview of those small animal imaging studies which have been conducted on neurotransmitter function in the rat 6-hydoxydopamine (6-OHDA) model of Parkinson's disease, and discusses findings with respect to the outcome of clinical studies on Parkinsonian patients.
