Alterations of taurine in the brain of chronic kainic acid epilepsy model

Amino Acids

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-307

  Baran, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Karl Landsteiner Research Institute for Pain Treatment and Neurorehabilitation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Kainic acid; Taurine

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; KAINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749553892     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-005-0278-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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