The role of substantia nigra pars reticulata in modulating clonic seizures is determined by testosterone levels during the immediate postnatal period

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Giorgi, Filippo S ^a,b   Velíšková, Jana ^a   Chudomel, Ondřej ^a   Kyrozis, Andreas ^a,c   Moshé, Solomon L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

GABA; Muscimol infusions; Patch clamp; Seizure; Sex hormones; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; MUSCIMOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONVULSANTS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GRAMICIDIN; MALE; MUSCIMOL; ORCHIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33751073712     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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