Polyunsaturated fatty acids modify mouse hippocampal neuronal excitability during excitotoxic or convulsant stimulation

Brain Research

Volumn 846, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 112-121

  Xiao, Yong Fu ^a,b   Li, Xiangyang ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Eicosapentaenoic acid; Glutamate; Neuronal excitability; Pentylenetetrazole; Seizure

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; PENTETRAZOLE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; EPILEPSY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; OLEIC ACID; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STEARIC ACIDS;

EID: 0032845896     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01997-6     Document Type: Article

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