Epileptiform activity in rat hippocampus strengthens excitatory synapses

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 554, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 439-448

  Abegg, Mathias H ^a   Savic, Nataŝa ^a   Ehrengruber, Markus U ^a   McKinney, R Anne ^a   Gähwiler, Beat H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROZY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXADEPROPIONATE; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BICUCULLINE METHOCHLORIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEIZURE; STRENGTH; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE; PATHOGENESIS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0842301578     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.052662     Document Type: Article

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