Early activation of inhibitory neurons in the thalamic reticular nucleus during focal neocortical seizures

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-393

  Mihály, András ^a   Szente, Magdolna ^b   Dobo, Endre ^a   Pór, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

c fos; Immunohistochemistry; Inhibitory neurons; Parvalbumin; Seizure; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0344972968     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(98)80035-4     Document Type: Article

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