Blockade of pilocarpine- or kainate-induced mossy fiber sprouting by cycloheximide does not prevent subsequent epileptogenesis in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-166

  Longo, Beatriz M ^a   Mello, Luiz E A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

epilepsy; hippocampus; kainic acid; mossy fiber sprouting; pilocarpine; protein synthesis inhibitor; spontaneous seizures

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; KAINIC ACID; PILOCARPINE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NERVE FIBERS; PILOCARPINE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030909238     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00267-X     Document Type: Article

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