Altered corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor immunoreactivity in the gerbil hippocampal complex following spontaneous seizure

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  An, Sung Jin ^a   Park, Seung Kook ^a   Hwang, In Koo ^a   Kim, Hyun Sook ^a   Seo, Myung Oak ^a   Suh, Jun Gyo ^a   Oh, Yang Seok ^a   Bae, Jae Chun ^a   Won, Moo Ho ^a   Kang, Tae Cheon ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CRF receptor; Dentate gyrus; Entorhinal cortex; Epilepsy; Gerbil; Hippocampus; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GERBIL; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEIZURE; SUBICULUM;

ANIMALS; DENSITOMETRY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE;

EID: 0037411576     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(02)00195-X     Document Type: Article

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