Validation of a method for localised microinjection of drugs into thalamic subregions in rats for epilepsy pharmacological studies

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-197

  Lohman, Rink Jan ^a   Liu, Lige ^a,c   Morris, Margaret ^a   O'Brien, Terence J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cannula; Drug diffusion; Epilepsy; GAERS; Generalised epilepsy; Intraparenchymal; Localised; Micro injection; Neuropharmacological; Nucleus reticular thalamus; Rt; Validation; VB; Ventrobasal thalamus

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CANNULA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GENETIC MODEL; HEMISPHERE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; STEREOTAXIS; THALAMUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; COLORING AGENTS; DIFFUSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 25444464612     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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