Sex-specific control of flurothyl-induced tonic-clonic seizures by the substantia nigra pars reticulata during development

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-211

  Velíšek, Libor ^a   Velíšková, Jana ^a   Giorgi, Filippo S ^a   Moshé, Solomon L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AP7; Estrous cycle; Flurothyl; GABA; Muscimol; NMDA; Seizure; Testosterone; ZAPA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; FLUROTHYL; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; IMMATURITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACRYLATES; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASTRATION; CONVULSANTS; FEMALE; FLUROTHYL; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

EID: 33747119340     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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