Suppression of neurotoxic lesion-induced seizure activity: Evidence for a permanent role for the hippocampus in contextual memory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Sparks, Fraser T ^a   Lehmann, Hugo ^b   Hernandez, Khadaryna ^a   Sutherland, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTEXTUAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEIZURE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; LONG EVANS RAT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

RATTUS;

AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANIMALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEIZURES; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81055126620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027426     Document Type: Article

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