The periaqueductal grey is a critical site in the neuronal network for audiogenic seizures: Modulation by GABA(A), NMDA and opioid receptors

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-46

  N'Gouemo, Prosper ^a   Faingold, Carl L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Audiogenic seizures; GABA; Naloxone; Neuronal network; NMDA; Periaqueductal grey

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NERVE NET; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032955375     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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