Expression of connexin genes in hippocampus of kainate-treated and kindled rats under conditions of experimental epilepsy

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 44-51

  Söhl, Goran ^a   Güldenagel, Martin ^a   Beck, Heinz ^a   Teubner, Barbara ^a   Traub, Otto ^a   Gutiérrez, Rafael ^b   Heinemann, Uwe ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Spatial buffering

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMAL; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; KINDLING (NEUROLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034634721     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(00)00195-9     Document Type: Article

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