Effects of antiepileptic drugs on mRNA levels of BDNF and NT-3 and cell neogenesis in the developing rat brain

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-235

  Shi, Xiu Yu ^a   Wang, Ji Wen ^b   Cui, Hong ^a   Li, Bao Min ^b   Lei, Ge Fei ^b   Sun, Ruo Peng ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; BDNF; Cell neogenesis; Development; Mossy fiber sprouting; NT 3

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LAMOTRIGINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPSY; GENE SEQUENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77649180170     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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