Increased hippocampal noradrenaline is a biomarker for efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation in a limbic seizure model

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 461-469

  Raedt, Robrecht ^a   Clinckers, Ralph ^b   Mollet, Lies ^a   Vonck, Kristl ^a   El Tahry, Riẽm ^a   Wyckhuys, Tine ^a   De Herdt, Veerle ^a   Carrette, Evelien ^a   Wadman, Wytse ^c   Michotte, Yvette ^b   Smolders, Ilse ^b   Boon, Paul ^a   Meurs, Alfred ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG; Hippocampus; noradrenaline; pilocarpine; temporal lobe epilepsy; vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PILOCARPINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79954420687     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07214.x     Document Type: Article

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