Astrocyte activation and memory impairment in the repetitive febrile seizures model

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 209-220

  Yang, Lu ^a   Li, Fuhai ^a   Zhang, Haiju ^b   Ge, Wei ^a   Mi, Changrui ^a   Sun, Ruopeng ^a   Liu, Chunxi ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qilu Hospital of Shandong University   (China)

Author keywords

Febrile; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Learning; Rats; S100 calcium binding protein beta subunit; Seizures

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROPENTOFYLLINE; PROTEIN S100B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTHERMIA; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEVER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; XANTHINES;

EID: 70349512170     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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