Vascular endothelial growth factor up-regulation in the mouse hippocampus and its role in the control of epileptiform activity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 482-498

  Cammalleri, Maurizio ^a   Martini, Davide ^a   Ristori, Chiara ^a   Timperio, Anna Maria ^b   Bagnoli, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutamate release; Ictal interictal activity; NMDA GABAB responses; VEGF VEGF receptor expression

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 79251567080     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07529.x     Document Type: Article

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