Kindling-induced alterations in GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition and neurosteroid activity in the rat piriform cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1373-1384

  Gavrilovici, Cezar ^a,b   D'Alfonso, Sabrina ^a,b   Dann, Mathew ^a   Poulter, Michael O ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Non pyramidal; Pyramidal; Tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION KINETICS; KINDLING; MALE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 33748754517     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05012.x     Document Type: Article

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