Corticotropin releasing factor produces increases in brain excitability and convulsive seizures in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 1983, Pages 332-336

  Ehlers, C L ^a   Henriksen, S J ^a   Wang, M ^a   Rivier, J ^a   Vale, W ^a   Bloom, F E ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

arousal; corticotropin releasing factor; EEG; epilepsy; kindling; seizures

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE; THERAPY;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0021080334     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(83)90266-4     Document Type: Article

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