On the role of somatostatin in seizure control: Clues from the hippocampus

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-301

  Binaschi, Anna ^a   Bregola, Gianni ^a   Simonato, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Kainate; Kindling; Neuropeptides; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN 1 RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN 2A RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN 2B RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN 3 RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN 4 RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN 5 RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX AREA CA3; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; KINDLING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0141963325     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2003.14.3.285     Document Type: Review

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