Modulation of the audiogenic seizure network by noradrenergic and glutamatergic receptors of the deep layers of superior colliculus

Brain Research

Volumn 821, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 392-399

  Faingold, Carl ^a   Casebeer, Doris ^a  

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

Author keywords

Audiogenic seizure; Genetically epilepsy prone rat; Inferior colliculus; Pontine reticular formation; Seizure network; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0033550916     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01101-4     Document Type: Article

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