Animal Models of Movement Disorders

Why Can't a Rodent Be More like a Man?: A Clinical Perspective.- Zebrafish as a Vertebrate Model Organism for Studying Movement Disorders.- Methodological Strategies to Evaluate Functional Effectors Related to Parkinson's Disease through Application of C. elegans Models.- Effects of Alpha-Synuclein Expression on Behavioral Activity in Drosophila, a Simple Model of Parkinson's Disease.- Neurological Evaluation of Movement Disorders in Mice.- Rodent Skilled Reaching for Modeling Pathological Conditions of the Human Motor System.- High Throughput Mouse Phenotyping.- MRI of Neurological Damage in Rats and Mice.- Quantification of Brain Function and Neurotransmission System In Vivo by Positron Emission Tomography: A Review of Technical Aspects and Practical Considerations in Preclinical Research.- Optical Approaches to Studying the Basal Ganglia.- Electrophysiological Analysis of Movement Disorders in Mice.- Genetic Models of Parkinson`s Disease.- 6-OHDA Lesion Models of Parkinson's Disease in the Rat.- 6-OHDA Toxin Model in Mouse.- Rotation in the 6-OHDA Lesioned Rat.- Of Rats and Patients: Some Thoughts about Why Rats Turn in Circles and Parkinson's Disease Patients Cannot Move Normally.- Comparing Behavioral Assessment of Sensorimotor Function in Rat and Mouse Models of Parkinson's Disease and Stroke.- Rodent Models of L-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia.- Using the MPTP Mouse Model to Understand Neuroplasticity: A New Therapeutic Target for Parkinson's Disease?.- The MPTP Treated Primate, with Specific Reference to the Use of the Common Marmoset (C. jacchus).- Behavioral Assessment in the African Green Monkey after MPTP Administration.