Estradiol facilitates kainic acid-induced, but not flurothyl-induced, behavioral seizure activity in adult female rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 510-515

  Woolley, Catherine S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CA1 pyramidal cells; Catamenial epilepsy; Dendritic spines; Hippocampus; Limbic seizures

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FLUROTHYL; KAINIC ACID; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

EID: 0034018497     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00203.x     Document Type: Article

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