Kindled seizure-induced c-fos and prodynorphin mRNA expressions are unrelated in the rat brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2064-2067

  Simonato, M ^a   Bregola, G ^a   Donatini, A ^b   Bianchi, C ^a   Beani, L ^a   Ferri, S ^b   Romualdi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Immediate early genes; In situ hybridization; Opioid peptides; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PRODYNORPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENKEPHALINS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029857535     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb00726.x     Document Type: Article

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