Supragranular mossy fiber sprouting is not necessary for spontaneous seizures in the intrahippocampal kainate model of epilepsy in the rat

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 172-182

  Longo, Beatriz M ^a   Mello, Luiz E A M ^a  

^a Univ Fed Se S Paulo EPM R B ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Seizure; Supragranular mossy fiber; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; KAINIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAP-43 PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; NERVE FIBERS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032168481     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00049-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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