Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) in the hippocampus of the mouse pilocarpine model of status epilepticus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 512, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-88

  Wu, Jing ^a   Ma, Dong Liang ^b   Ling, Eng Ang ^c   Tang, Feng Ru ^c,d  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Hippocampus; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PILOCARPINE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM PYRAMIDALE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; PILOCARPINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RNA, MESSENGER; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84862812429     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.01.057     Document Type: Article

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