Nicotine effects on rat seizures susceptibility and hippocampal neuronal degeneration

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 792-795

  Riljak, Vladimír ^a   Marešová, Dana ^a   Pokorný, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Fluoro Jade B; Hippocampus; Nicotine; Seizure

Indexed keywords

BISBENZIMIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUORO JADE B; NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 79751492510     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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