Kucinski A, Paolone G, Bradshaw M, Albin RL, Sarter M (2013) Modeling fall propensity in Parkinson’s disease: deficits in the attentional control of complex movements in rats with cortical-cholinergic and striatal-dopaminergic deafferentation. J Neurosci 33(42):16522-16539. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2545-13.2013
Summary: Parkinson’s disease produces a range of symptoms, some of which are unresponsive to therapies such as levodopa. These nonmotor symptoms include cognitive impairments and deficiencies in gait and balance. Here the authors develop a system to assess fall propensity in rats and examine the interaction between loss of cortical cholinergic and striatal dopaminergic afferents. Rats received 160-ng injections of 192-IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-01) into the nucleus basalis and substantia innominata of the basal forebrain. The results indicate that the dual lesions result in diminished striatal control of complex movement.
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