Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) is markedly increased in the rat brain following soman-induced convulsions

Brain Research

Volumn 747, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 328-331

  Kubek, Michael J ^a   Shih, Tsung Ming ^b   Meyerhoff, James L ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; excitotoxicity; metabolism; organophop horus; seizure; soman; thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PROTIRELIN; SOMAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SOMAN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0031046967     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01315-7     Document Type: Article

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