Amygdala-kindling does not induce a persistent loss of GABA neurons in the substantia nigra pars reticulata of rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1025, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 203-209

  Freichel, Christian ^a   Ebert, Ulrich ^a   Potschka, Heidrun ^a   Löscher, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Glutamate decarboxylase; In situ hybridization; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 5344266036     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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