A damage to locus coeruleus neurons converts sporadic seizures into self-sustaining limbic status epilepticus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2593-2601

  Giorgi, Filippo S ^a   Ferrucci, Michela ^a   Lazzeri, Gloria ^a   Pizzanelli, Chiara ^a   Lenzi, Paola ^a   Alessandrl̈, Maria G ^b   Murri, Luigi ^a   Fornai, Franoesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS Stella Maris   (Italy)

Author keywords

DSP 4; Glutamate receptors; Norepinephrine; Olfactory cortex; Rat

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 2 BROMO N (2 CHLOROETHYL) N ETHYLBENZYLAMINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INNERVATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BENZYLAMINES; BICUCULLINE; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CEREBELLUM; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRONTAL LOBE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; STAINING AND LABELING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037669869     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02692.x     Document Type: Article

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