Brains with different degrees of dysplasia show different patterns of neurodegenerative changes following pilocarpine-induced seizure. Histologic evidence of tissue damage correlated with MRI data

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-460

  Setkowicz, Z ^a   Majcher, K ^b   Janicka, D ^a   Sulek Z ^b   Skorka T ^b   Jasinski A ^b   Janeczko, Krzysztof ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dysplastic rat brain; Magnetic resonance; Pilocarpine induced seizure; Pre natal gamma irradiation

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOLECTIN; ISOLECTIN B4; PILOCARPINE; PROTEIN S100B; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FETUS; GAMMA RADIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TISSUE INJURY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PILOCARPINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 33745643551     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X115062     Document Type: Article

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