Hippocampal neurotrophin levels in a kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy: A lack of correlation between brain-derived neurotrophic factor content and progression of aberrant dentate mossy fiber sprouting

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-159

  Shetty, Ashok K ^a,b,c   Zaman, Vandana ^b   Shetty, Geetha A ^c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dentate gyrus; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin 3; Seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; KAINIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0141642258     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01979.x     Document Type: Article

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