Oxytocin and vasopressin mRNA expression in rat hypothalamus following kainic acid-induced seizures

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 543-554

  Sun, Q ^a   Pretel, S ^a   Applegate, C D ^b   Piekut, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Excitatory amino acid; In situ hybridization; Paraventricular nucleus; Peptides; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030023250     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00466-1     Document Type: Article

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