Protective effects of cortistatin (CST-14) against kainate-induced neurotoxicity in rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 803, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 54-60

  Braun, Holger ^a   Schulz, Stefan ^a   Becker, Axel ^a   Schröder, Helmut ^a   Höllt, Volker ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortistatin; Epilepsy; Excitotoxicity; Kainic acid; Neuroprotection; Seizure; Somatostatin receptor

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; STATIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL LOSS; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION; CELL COUNT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032563716     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00609-X     Document Type: Article

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