Differences in two mice strains on kainic acid-induced amygdalar seizures

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 357, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1078-1083

  Kasugai, Motofumi ^a   Akaike, Koichi ^a   Imamura, Shin ichi ^a   Matsukubo, Hideyuki ^a   Tojo, Hideshi ^a   Nakamura, Masayuki ^a   Tanaka, Shigeya ^b   Sano, Akira ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tanaka Neurosurgical Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Experimental epilepsy; Kainic acid; Limbic seizure; Seizure susceptibility

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEIZURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MUS;

EID: 34247869103     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.04.067     Document Type: Article

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