Increased sensitivity to seizures in mice lacking cellular prion protein

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1679-1682

  Walz, Roger ^a   Amaral, Olavo B ^a   Rockenbach, Isabel C ^a   Roesler, Rafael ^a   Izquierdo, Iván ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^b   Martins, Vilma R ^c   Brentani, Ricardo R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Kindling; Prion; PrP(c); Seizure

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; KINDLING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0032806450     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01583.x     Document Type: Article

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