VEGF receptor-2 (Flk-1) overexpression in mice counteracts focal epileptic seizures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Nikitidou, Litsa ^a   Kanter Schlifke, Irene ^a   Dhondt, Joke ^b,c   Carmeliet, Peter ^b,c   Lambrechts, Diether ^b,c   Kokaia, Mérab ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; RNA; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA EXTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEURONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84863769685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040535     Document Type: Article

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