Time course for kindling-induced changes in the hilar area of the dentate gyms: Reactive gliosis as a potential mechanism

Brain Research

Volumn 804, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-336

  Adams, Beth ^a   Von Ling, Ee ^a   Vaccarella, Liezanne ^a   Ivy, Gwen O ^b   Fahnestock, Margaret ^a   Racine, Ronald J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Gliosis; Hilus; Hippocampus; Kindling; Plasticity; Seizure

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINDLING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032494216     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00605-2     Document Type: Article

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