Kainic acid seizure suppression by neuropeptide Y is not correlated to immediate early gene mRNA levels in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-24

  Madsen, Torsten M ^a,b   Woldbye, David P D ^c   Bolwig, Tom G ^a   Mikkelsen, Jens D ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

C fos; FosB; Image analysis; In situ hybridization; JunB; Seizure activity

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE INDUCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0033551791     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00507-8     Document Type: Article

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