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PubMed1998

[Behavioral evaluation of the unilateral lesion model in rats using 6-hydroxydopamine. Correlation between the rotations induced by D-amphetamine, apomorphine and the manual dexterity test].

INTRODUCTION: Evaluation of rotatory activity induced by dopaminergic agonists is the most widely used test of conduct for the measurement of dopaminergic depletion of a unilateral lesion of the striatonigral pathway caused by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in rats, since it is quantitatively related to the extension of the dopaminergic denervation. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate, from different angles, the changes in conduct seen in the model of unilateral lesion with 6-OHDA and to establish correlation with the rotation induced by D-amphetamine and by apomorphine and the ladder test. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Male Wistar rats were used. Lesions were produced in the SNpc by stereotactic injection of 6-OHDA into the right hemisphere and the effectiveness of the lesions was studied using the rotary conduct induced by D-amphetamine and apomorphine. The motor ability of the front legs was measured by the ladder test, carried out under standard and forced conditions. RESULTS: All the animals with lesions had difficulty in reaching food with both legs, although the most pronounced deficit was in the leg contralateral to the lesion. The ladder test correlated better with rotatory activity induced by apomorphine than by D-amphetamine. CONCLUSION: The animals with most dopamine loss showed most deficient use of their front legs.

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PubMed2006

Intrinsic hand muscles and digit independence on the preferred and non-preferred hands of humans.

Although the superior dexterity of one hand is an almost ubiquitous human experience, it is unclear which characteristics of the motor system controlling the preferred hand produce this superior dexterity. Between-species studies show that greater dexterity is associated with a motor system that permits more independent movements of the digits. If between-hand dexterity differences are mediated by the same mechanism as between-species dexterity differences, then there should be asymmetries within the corticospinal tracts of humans that would result in between-hand independence differences. The evidence for asymmetries in the corticospinal tracts is sparse, and if an asymmetry does exist, it appears to be limited to the control of intrinsic hand muscles. We wondered, therefore, whether there might be a difference in the degree of independent control on the two hands during performance of a task that primarily uses intrinsic hand muscles. We examined digit individuation when subjects produced abduction or adduction forces with a single digit in isolation. Consistent with previous studies in which forces or movements in single digits were generated primarily by extrinsic hand muscles, we found no difference between the individuation of the digits on the preferred and non-preferred hands. We suggest that whereas independence differences underlie large dexterity differences between species, they do not underlie the more subtle dexterity differences between the preferred and non-preferred hands. Instead, the neural substrate for handedness might be asymmetrical connectivity within M1, with more profuse connections within the dominant than non-dominant M1 imparting a greater potential for excitatory and inhibitory interactions between movement representations which might then result in the more efficient coordination of hand and arm movements of the preferred hand.

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PubMed1989

Trazodone conventional and controlled-release formulations: pharmacodynamic effects after single and repeated administration.

In a double-blind study, the pharmacodynamic effects of single and repeated doses of two formulations of trazodone were compared in 14 healthy young volunteers (6 men and 8 women). They received either 100 mg trazodone conventional capsules or 150 mg controlled-release tablets daily at 08.00 hours for two 7-day periods separated by a 'wash-out' period of 2 weeks. Blood pressure standing and lying, critical flicker fusion frequency and manual dexterity were measured on Days 1 and 7 of each session before and at intervals up to 8 hours after the dose. Manual dexterity was tested by measuring the time taken to drop 50 airgun pellets down a narrow tube. A daily pre-dose blood sample was also taken for measurement of trazodone to check compliance and to confirm that steady state had been achieved. Steady state plasma concentrations were reached by Day 2 of repeated dosing on both treatments. There was a trend towards shorter duration of the expected depressant effect of trazodone on critical flicker fusion frequency and manual dexterity on Day 7 for both treatments, which was significantly different between treatments for manual dexterity (p less than 0.001): for the controlled-release tablet, manual dexterity performance was better on Day 7 than on Day 1 at all times after dosing, whereas for the conventional capsule manual dexterity was worse on Day 7 than on Day 1 until 4 and 8 hours after dosing, when performance was better than on Day 1. In this study, both formulations of trazodone caused the expected negative effects on psychomotor function. Further studies would be required to confirm the apparent advantage of the controlled-release tablet in the test of manual dexterity.

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