Enhanced population responses in the basolateral amygdala of kainate-treated, epileptic rats in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Smith, Bret N ^a   Dudek, F Edward ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epilepsy; GABA; Kainic acid; Model; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; KAINIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; KAINIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031036451     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13326-2     Document Type: Article

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