Altered distribution and function of A2A adenosine receptors in the brain of WAG/Rij rats with genetic absence epilepsy, before and after appearance of the disease

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1023-1035

  D'Alimonte, Iolanda ^a   D'Auro, Mariagrazia ^a   Citraro, Rita ^b   Biagioni, Francesca ^c   Jiang, Shucui ^d   Nargi, Eleonora ^a   Buccella, Silvana ^a   Di Iorio, Patrizia ^a   Giuliani, Patricia ^a   Ballerini, Patrizia ^a   Caciagli, Francesco ^a   Russo, Emilio ^b   De Sarro, Giovambattista ^b   Ciccarelli, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAMP levels; Electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings; Glutamate release; MAPK system; Spike wave discharge (SWD)

Indexed keywords

2 [4 (2 CARBOXYETHYL)PHENETHYLAMINO]ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); 5 AMINO 2 (2 FURYL) 7 (2 PHENYLETHYL)PYRAZOLO[4,3 E][1,2,4]TRIAZOLO[1,5 C]PYRIMIDINE; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; POTASSIUM;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

ADENOSINE; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICROINJECTIONS; PHENETHYLAMINES; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 70349227611     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06897.x     Document Type: Article

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