[3H]-2-deoxyglucose uptake study in mutant dystonic hamsters: abnormalities in discrete brain regions of the motor system.

doi:10.1002/mds.870130419

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[3H]-2-deoxyglucose uptake study in mutant dystonic hamsters: abnormalities in discrete brain regions of the motor system.

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jul 1998

Richter A, Brotchie J M, Crossman A R, Löscher W

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The genetically dystonic (dtSZ) hamster, an animal model of idiopathic paroxysmal dystonia, displays attacks of generalized twisting movements and abnormal postures of limbs and trunk either spontaneously or in response to mild stress. This experimental model may be helpful to give insights into...

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Animals
Autoradiography
Blood Glucose
Brain
Brain Mapping
Cricetinae
Deoxyglucose
Dystonia
Dystrophin
Energy Metabolism
Humans
Mutation

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