Morphologic and neurochemical alterations in the superior colliculus of the genetically epilepsy-prone hamster (GPG/Vall)

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 206-219

  Fuentes Santamaría, Verónica ^a   Alvarado, Juan Carlos ^a   Herranz, Antonio S ^b   García Atarés, Natividad ^c   López, Dolores E ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AGS; Animal model; Calcium binding protein; Densitometric analysis; Midbrain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; PARVALBUMIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; EPILEPSY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAMSTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL SIZE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRICETINAE; DENSITOMETRY; EPILEPSY; GENES, FOS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARVALBUMINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 34447281766     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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