Long-term consequences of early postnatal seizures on hippocampal learning and plasticity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2252-2264

  Lynch, Michael ^a,b   Sayin, Ümit ^a   Bownds, Jonathan ^a   Janumpalli, Sridevi ^a   Sutula, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Development; Kindling; LTP; Memory; Rat

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KAINIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SEIZURES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033943862     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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