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Chapters
- 00:04Introduction
- 00:496-Hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) Lesion
- 03:12L-Dopamine (L-DOPA) Chronic Treatment and Abnormal Involuntary Movements (AIMs) Recording and Scoring
- 05:27Results: The AIMs Patterns in Unilaterally 6-OHDA-Lesioned Rats Chronically Treated with L-DOPA for 3 Weeks
- 06:16Conclusion
Rodent models of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias are invaluable tools to identify therapeutic interventions to attenuate the development or alleviate the manifestations that emerge due to the repeated administration of L-DOPA. This protocol demonstrates how to induce and analyze dyskinetic-like movements in the unilaterally 6-OHDA-lesioned rat model of Parkinson's disease.
