Intrahippocampal injection of endothelin-1 in immature rats results in neuronal death, development of epilepsy and behavioral abnormalities later in life

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-360

  Mátéffyová, Adéla ^a   Otáhal, Jakub ^a   Tsenov, Grygoriy ^a   Mareš, Pavel ^a   Kubová, Hana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute seizures; Endothelin 1; Epilepsy; Hippocampal lesion; Immature rats

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOLLOW UP; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33746210833     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04910.x     Document Type: Article

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