In situ hybridization for c-fos mRNA reveals the involvement of the superior colliculus in the propagation of seizure activity in genetically epilepsy-prone rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-406

  Ribak, Charles E ^a   Manio, Allan L ^a   Navetta, Marco S ^a   Gall, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dorsal cortex; External nucleus; Inferior colliculus; Periaqueductal gray; Piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030989511     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(96)01011-X     Document Type: Article

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