Upregulation of gaba neurotransmission suppresses hippocampal excitability and prevents long-term potentiation in transgenic superoxide dismutase-overexpressing mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 10977-10984

  Levkovitz, Y ^a   Avignone, E ^a   Groner, Y ^a   Segal, M ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; IPSCs; LTP; Perforant path; Seizure; Transgenic SOD 1 mice

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033573457     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-24-10977.1999     Document Type: Article

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