Movement is the way that animals interact with their environment and is under the organization and complex control of the brain and spinal cord. Multiple central nervous systems, including cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum, and brainstem, interact to provide precise motor control and integration. Damage or disease within these systems cause profound motor disturbances in man, which can be effectively modeled in animals to develop a better understanding and treatment of the human condition. Animal Models of Movement Disorders introduces a variety of methods and techniques used to model and assess motor function in experimental animals from lower orders, such as drosophila and c. elegans, through vertebrate species including fish, to mammals, such as rodents and non-human primates. The most advanced contemporary models in each system are presented at multiple levels of analysis from molecular and genetic modeling, lesions, anatomy, neurochemistry, to imaging and behavior. Volume I contains general methods of movement disorder assessment as well as an extensive section on dopamine systems. Comprehensive and meticulous, Animal Models of Movement Disorders serves as a valuable reference for those studying motor disorders by covering methodologies in detail and providing the information necessary to consider both the appropriate models and assessment tools that can most informatively answer the key experimental issues in the field.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Humana Press Inc.
ISBN-13
9781617792977
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111625260
Product Key Features
Author
Stephen B. Dunnett, EMMA L. Lane
Publication Name
Animal Models of Movement Disorders: Volume I
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Zoology, Biology
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
447 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
254mm
Item Width
178mm
Volume
61
Item Weight
1063g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Neuromethods
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
EMMA L. Lane, Stephen B. Dunnett
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