Acetylcholinesterase activities in hippocampus, frontal cortex and striatum of Wistar rats after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 399, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 76-78

  Freitas, R M ^b   Sousa, F C F ^b   Viana, G S B ^b   Fonteles, M M F ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy Dentistry and Nursing   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNICHRISTUS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cortex frontal; Hippocampus; Pilocarpine; Status epilepticus; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; PILOCARPINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 33646082015     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.01.028     Document Type: Article

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