Kindling as a model of temporal lobe epilepsy induces bilateral changes in spontaneous striatal activity

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 661-672

  Kücker, Saskia ^a   Töllner, Kathrin ^a,b   Piechotta, Marion ^a   Gernert, Manuela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Caudate putamen; Epileptic network; Network plasticity; Neuroplasticity; Seizure; Striatum; Substantia nigra pars reticulata

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 75949120331     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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