Vulnerability of hippocampal GABA-ergic interneurons to kainate-induced excitotoxic injury during old age

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8 B, 2009, Pages 2408-2423

  Shetty, Ashok K ^a,b   Hattiangady, Bharathi ^a,b   Rao, Muddanna S ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Chronic epilepsy; Dentate gyrus; GABA ergic interneurons; Hippocampus; Kainic acid; Neurodegeneration; Seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 72949102234     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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