GAP-43 mRNA and protein expression in the hippocampal and parahippocampal region during the course of epileptogenesis in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2369-2380

  Tolner, Else A ^a   Van Vliet, Erwin A ^a   Holtmaat, Anthony J G D ^b   Aronica, Eleonora ^c,d   Witter, Menno R ^e   Lopes Da Silva, Fernando H ^a,d   Gorter, Jan A ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam University Medical Center   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^e Graduate School of Communication   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell loss; Dentate gyrus; Entorhinal cortex; Epileptogenesis; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KAINIC ACID; LIGASES; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SILVER STAINING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 0038052946     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02687.x     Document Type: Article

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