Acoustic brainstem nuclei express Fos after flurothyl-induce generalized seizures in rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-55

  Silveira, D C ^a,b   Schachter, S C ^a,b   Schomer, D L ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Flurothyl; Fos; Inferior colliculus; Seizures

Indexed keywords

FLUROTHYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FLUROTHYL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033023507     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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