Riluzole, an inhibitor of glutamatergic transmission, suppresses levodopa-induced rotations in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats.

Pharmacol Toxicol

Department of Neurology and Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Rabin Medical Center- Campus Beilinson, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petah-Tikva 49100, Israel.

Published: July 2003

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