Hypothermia during kainic acid-induced seizures reduces hippocampal lesions and cerebral nitric oxide production in immature rabbits

Brain and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 176-183

  Takei, Yukito ^a,b,c   Nishikawa, Yasushi ^a   Tachibana, Maki ^a   Takami, Takeshi ^a   Miyajima, Tasuku ^a   Hoshika, Akinori ^a   Takashima, Sachio ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Hypothermia; Neonate; Nitric oxide; Seizure

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; KAINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMATURITY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEIZURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; KAINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RABBITS; SEIZURES;

EID: 1642418264     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00123-2     Document Type: Article

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