The influence of developmental periods of sodium valproate exposure on synaptic plasticity in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 351, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-168

  Zhang, Min Min ^a   Yu, Kuai ^a   Xiao, Cheng ^a   Ruan, Di Yun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Developmental periods; Hippocampus; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Rats; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING;

EID: 0242667913     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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