GABA metabolism during status epilepticus in the developing rat brain

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-64

  Sankar, Raman ^a,b   Shin, Don H ^a,b   Wasterlain, Claude G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; cortex; hippocampus; pilocarpine; status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; PILOCARPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0031016855     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00165-4     Document Type: Article

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