Pentylenetetrazol kindling decreases N-methyl-D-aspartate and kainate but increases gamma-aminobutyric acid-A receptor binding in discrete rat brain areas

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-12

  Luthman, J ^a   Humpel, C ^b  

^a Preclin R and D Astra Arcus AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b Clinic of Psychiatry   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Hippocampus; Receptor binding; Seizure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; TIENILIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; KINDLING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CONVULSANTS; FEMALE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0031565940     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00880-X     Document Type: Article

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