Evidence for a role of orexin/hypocretin system in vestibular lesion-induced locomotor abnormalities in rats

Vestibular damage can induce locomotor abnormalities in both animals and humans. Rodents with bilateral vestibular loss showed vestibular deficits syndrome such as circling, opisthotonus as well as locomotor and exploratory hyperactivity. Previous studies have investigated the changes in the dopamin...

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Main Authors: Leilei Pan, Ruirui Qi, Junqin Wang, Wei Zhou, Jiluo Liu, Yiling Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00355/full