Kindling induces a lasting, regionally selective increase of kynurenic acid in the nucleus accumbens

Brain Research

Volumn 725, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 252-256

  Löscher, Wolfgang ^a   Ebert, Ulrich ^a   Lehmann, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant drug; Epilepsy; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KYNURENIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KINDLING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030182864     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00341-1     Document Type: Article

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