Sensitivity of the rat hippocampal GABA(A) receptor α4 subunit to electroshock seizures

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-20

  Clark, Mike ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid(A) receptor; Diazepam insensitive; Electroconvulsive shock; Hippocampus; MRNA; Rat; Seizure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032568901     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00422-4     Document Type: Article

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