Endogenous acetylcholine facilitates epileptogenesis in immature rat neocortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-28

  Potier, Soizic ^a   Psarropoulou, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Eserine; Evoked potentials; Neuronal synchronization; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0035853568     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01641-X     Document Type: Article

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