Central benzodiazepine receptor autoradiography in hippocampal sclerosis

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 358-364

  Hand, Kieran S P ^a   Baird, Virginia H ^b   Van Paesschen, Wim ^c   Koepp, Matthias J ^c   Revesz, Tamas ^c   Thom, Maria ^c   Harkness, William F J ^c   Duncan, John S ^b   Bowery, Norman G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Downregulation; GABA(A) receptors; Hippocampal sclerosis; Receptor autoradiography; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CARBON 14; FLUMAZENIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCLEROSIS; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERTEBRATE;

ADULT; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FLUMAZENIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SCLEROSIS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030806530     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701365     Document Type: Article

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