Differential roles in the neuronal network for audiogenic seizures are observed among the inferior colliculus subnuclei and the amygdala

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-141

  Chakravarty, Dipanjan N ^a   Faingold, Carl L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Audiogenic seizures; Genetically epilepsy prone rats; Inferior colliculus; Neuronal network; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; KINDLING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

EID: 0032948660     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7047     Document Type: Article

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