The role of locus coeruleus in the antiepileptic activity induced by vagus nerve stimulation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2169-2178

  Fornai, Francesco ^a,b   Ruffoli, Riccardo ^a   Giorgi, Filippo S ^a   Paparelli, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Norepinephrine; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Raphe nuclei; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; ENKEPHALIN; GALANIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79959371105     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07707.x     Document Type: Review

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