Basal levels of metabolic activity are elevated in Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS): Measurement of regional activity of cytochrome oxidase and lactate dehydrogenase by histochemistry

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 346-352

  Dufour, Franck ^a   Koning, Estelle ^a   Nehlig, Astrid ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Cytochrome oxidase; Glucose metabolism; Histochemistry; Lactate dehydrogenase; Seizures; Spike and wave discharges

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ABSENCE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0042164621     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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