Nw-Propyl-l-arginine (L-NPA) reduces status epilepticus and early epileptogenic events in a mouse model of epilepsy: Behavioural, EEG and immunohistochemical analyses

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3194-3203

  Beamer, Edward ^a   Otahal, Jakub ^b   Sills, Graeme J ^a   Thippeswamy, Thimmasettappa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aberrant sprouting; Gliosis; Nitric oxide; Seizure; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CELL MARKER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NW PROPYL ARGININE; PROTEIN C FOS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BRAIN WAVES; DENTATE GYRUS; DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84868573846     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08234.x     Document Type: Article

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