Electrophysiological and structural aspects in the frontal cortex after the bee (Apis mellifera) venom experimental treatment

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 701-714

  Florea, Adrian ^a   Puică, Constantin ^b   Vinţan, Mihaela ^a   Benga, Ileana ^a   Crǎciun, Constantin ^c  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bee venom; Brain electrophysiology; Cellular death; Experimental envenomation; Frontal cortex; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APITHERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENVENOMATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPIKE WAVE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79959583836     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9667-4     Document Type: Article

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