Dysplastic neocortex and subcortical heterotopias in methylazoxymethanol-treated rats: An intracellular study of identified pyramidal neurones

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-185

  Sancini, Giulio ^a   Franceschetti, Silvana ^a   Battaglia, Giorgio ^a   Colacitti, Claudia ^a   Di Luca, Monica ^b   Spreafico, Roberto ^a   Avanzini, Giuliano ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bursting neurones; Cortical dysplasia; Epileptogenesis; Heterotopic aggregates; Methylazoxymethanol; Neuronal migration disorders

Indexed keywords

METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CELL KILLING; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HETEROTOPIA; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHORISTOMA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; MICROELECTRODES; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032502580     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00258-4     Document Type: Article

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