Induction of mRNA for tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β in mice brain, spleen and liver in an animal model of Shigella-related seizures

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 86-90

  Nofech Mozes, Y ^a   Yuhas, Y ^a   Kaminsky, E ^a   Weizman, A ^a   Ashkenazi, S ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cytokines; Interleukin 1 ; Seizures; Shigella; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; LIVER; MALE; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEIZURES; SPLEEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033843798     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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