The amygdala to periaqueductal gray pathway: Plastic changes induced by audiogenic kindling and reversal by gabapentin

Brain Research

Volumn 1475, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-79

  Tupal, S ^a   Faingold, C L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Anxiety; Audiogenic seizures; Chronic pain; Epilepsy; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; KINDLING; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84865751728     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.07.044     Document Type: Article

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