Implants for sustained drug release over the somatosensory cortex of the newborn rat: A comparison of materials and surgical procedures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-113

  Persico, Antonio M ^a   Calia, Eustachio ^a   Keller, Flavio ^a  

^a Campus Bio Medico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Minipump; Neural development; p chloroamphetamine; Serotonin; Vibrissae; Whisker barrels

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHETAMINE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; GELFOAM; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; VIBRISSA;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARBON; COLORING AGENTS; DRUG IMPLANTS; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; P-CHLOROAMPHETAMINE; POLYVINYLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0030870993     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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