CPP, an NMDA-receptor antagonist, blocks 4-aminopyridine-induced spreading depression episodes but not epileptiform activity in immature rat hippocampal slices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 139-143

  Psarropoulou, Caterina ^a   Avoli, Massimo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Immature hippocampus; NMDA receptor antagonist; Non NMDA receptor antagonist; Spreading depression

Indexed keywords

4 (3 PHOSPHONOPROPYL) 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; DENDRITES; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIPERAZINES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026570969     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90155-Z     Document Type: Article

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