Kainic acid-induced early genes activation and neuronal death in the medial extended amygdala of rats

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-299

  Pereno, Germán L ^a,b   Balaszczuk, Verónica ^b   Beltramino, Carlos A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epilepsy; Fos; Gene activation; Kainic acid; Neurodegeneration; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; PROTEIN FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEDIAL EXTENDED AMYGDALA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SURVIVAL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79951679572     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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