Article
Marked regional disturbances in brain metabolism of monoaminergic neurotransmitters in the genetically dystonic hamster.
Brain research - 26 Sept 1994
Löscher W, Annies R, Richter A
Abstract excerpt
The genetically dystonic hamster is an animal model of idiopathic (torsion) dystonia that displays sustained abnormal movements and postures either spontaneously or in response to mild environmental stimuli. Since dystonic attacks occur in the absence of any lesion which can be defined by standard histopathological techniques in the central nervous system, the presumption is that dystonia in mutant hamsters is...
Topics
- Animals
- Biogenic Monoamines
- Brain
- Cricetinae
- Dopamine
- Dystonia
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Female
- Male
- Mutation
- Norepinephrine
- Serotonin