Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 957-972 , June 2009

The modulation of striatal dopamine release correlates with water-maze performance in aged rats

  • Susanne Rutz

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Universität Freiburg, Neuropharmakologisches Labor, Hansastrasse 9A, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to the work.
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  • Monique Majchrzak

      Affiliations

    • LINC, UMR 7191, CNRS/Université Louis Pasteur, IFR Neurosciences 37, GDR 2905 du CNRS, 12 rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
    • These authors contributed equally to the work.
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  • Veronika Siedschlag

      Affiliations

    • Sektion Klinische Neuropharmakologie der Neurochirurgischen Universitätsklinik, Breisacherstrasse 64, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to the work.
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  • Alexandra Barbelivien

      Affiliations

    • LINC, UMR 7191, CNRS/Université Louis Pasteur, IFR Neurosciences 37, GDR 2905 du CNRS, 12 rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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  • Hayat Harati

      Affiliations

    • LINC, UMR 7191, CNRS/Université Louis Pasteur, IFR Neurosciences 37, GDR 2905 du CNRS, 12 rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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  • Anna Katharina Rothmaier

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Universität Freiburg, Neuropharmakologisches Labor, Hansastrasse 9A, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas J. Feuerstein

      Affiliations

    • Sektion Klinische Neuropharmakologie der Neurochirurgischen Universitätsklinik, Breisacherstrasse 64, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Rolf Jackisch

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Universität Freiburg, Neuropharmakologisches Labor, Hansastrasse 9A, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Jean-Christophe Cassel

      Affiliations

    • LINC, UMR 7191, CNRS/Université Louis Pasteur, IFR Neurosciences 37, GDR 2905 du CNRS, 12 rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 390 241 952; fax: +33 390 241 958.

Received 13 July 2007 ,Revised 27 September 2007 ,Accepted 28 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.09.011

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 957-972 , June 2009

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