Site-specific effects of local pH changes in the substantia nigra pars reticulata on flurothyl-induced seizures

Brain Research

Volumn 782, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 310-313

  Velíšek, Libor ^a,b,c   Velíšková, Jana ^a,b   Moshé, Solomon L ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Rat; Seizure susceptibility; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; FLUROTHYL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACIDOSIS; ALKALOSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONVULSANTS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FLUROTHYL; HEPES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0032567758     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01299-7     Document Type: Article

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