The vital dye Evans blue mimics limbic seizures induced by kainate or pilocarpine

Brain Research

Volumn 753, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-290

  Dürmüller, Nick ^a,b   Graham, Joanne L ^a   Sowinski, Peter ^a   Meldrum, Brian S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

epilepsy; Evans blue dye; glutamate; limbic seizure; microdialysis; non NMDA receptor; rat

Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 4 METHYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; 2 CHLOROADENOSINE; DIAZEPAM; DYE; EVANS BLUE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALOPERIDOL; KAINIC ACID; PILOCARPINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVANS BLUE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031564665     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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