کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
938019 924571 2013 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Behavioral testing regimens in genetic-based animal models of Parkinson's disease: Cogencies and caveats
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Behavioral testing regimens in genetic-based animal models of Parkinson's disease: Cogencies and caveats
چکیده انگلیسی


• PD genetic animal models offer insights into the disease molecular patho-mechanisms.
• Behavioral assays can assess motor- and non-motor disabilities in such models.
• Such tests allow animal modeling knowledge to turn into translational medicine.

Although the onset and progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) is fundamentally sporadic, identification of several of the genes implicated in the disease has provided significant insight concerning patho-physiological mechanisms potentially underlying sporadic PD. Moreover, such studies have caused a revolution in the way researchers view the disease. Since single genes responsible for rare familial forms of the disease have only been identified within the past few years, animal models based on these defects have only recently been generated, thereby not leaving a lot of time for their evaluation and subsequent improvement. The current article provides an extensive review of the major motor and non-motor behavioral tests used in genetically-induced Parkinsonian animals. Moreover, we assess the insights concerning the etiopathogenesis of PD generated from use of such tests and how these have improved available treatment strategies for alleviating aspects of sporadic and non-sporadic parkinsonism.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews - Volume 37, Issue 5, June 2013, Pages 846–859
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