Increased susceptibility to generalized seizures after immunolesions of the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 878, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 223-227

  Silveira, Diosely C ^a   Holmes, Gregory L ^a   Schachter, Steven C ^b   Geula, Changiz ^b   Schomer, Donald L ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; Epilepsy; Flurothyl; Pentylenetetrazole; Saporin

Indexed keywords

FLUROTHYL; PENTETRAZOLE; SAPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMAL; CONVULSANTS; DENERVATION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FLUROTHYL; IMMUNOTOXINS; MALE; NEURONS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0034730687     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02703-7     Document Type: Article

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