Decreased levels of GABA in the inferior colliculus of the epilepsy-prone hamster (GPG/Vall)

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 224-227

  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; Amino acid; Animal model; Densitometric analysis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HAMSTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRICETINAE; DENSITOMETRY; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MESOCRICETUS;

EID: 42749087696     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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