Basal forebrain neurons suppress amygdala kindling via cortical but not hippocampal cholinergic projections in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2107-2116

  Ferencz, I ^a   Leanza, G ^b   Nanobashvili, A ^a   Kokaia, M ^a   Lindvall, O ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Amygdala; Cholinergic neurons; Epilepsy; Kindling

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SAPORIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOTOXINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0034040450     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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