Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor modulates kindling and activation-induced sprouting in hippocampus of adult rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-58

  Li, Songlin ^a   Xu, Bin ^a   Martin, David ^b   Racine, Ronald J ^a   Fahnestock, Margaret ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Epilepsy; Hilus; Kindling; Mossy fiber; Perforant path

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036444029     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2002.8036     Document Type: Article

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