Epileptiform activity induced by pilocarpine in the rat hippocampal-entorhinal slice preparation

Neuroscience

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 399-408

  Nagao, T ^a   Alonso, A ^a   Avoli, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

entorhinal cortex; epilepsy; excitatory amino acid receptors; hippocampus; N methyl D aspartate; pilocarpine

Indexed keywords

3,3 (2 CARBOXY PIPERAZINE 4 YL)PROPYL 1 PHOSPHONATE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PILOCARPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029916090     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00534-X     Document Type: Article

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