The thalamus of the Amazon spiny rat Proechimys guyannensis, an animal model of resistance to epilepsy, and pilocarpine-induced long-term changes of protein expression

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-133

  Fabene, Paolo F ^a   Bertini, Giuseppe ^a   Correia, Luciana ^a,b   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^b   Bentivoglio, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium binding proteins; GABA; Limbic thalamus; Seizures; Thalamic reticular nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013256664     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-9288(01)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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