Anatomical evidence for an anticonvulsant relay in the rat ventromedial medulla

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1431-1444

  Shehab, Safa ^a   McGonigle, David ^b,d   Hughes, David I ^b   Todd, Andrew J ^b   Redgrave, Peter ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Medulla; Pons; Rat; Reticulospinal

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 26644450928     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04326.x     Document Type: Article

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