Expression of neuropeptides ghrelin and Nesfatin-1 in kainic acid-kindling rats

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 496-500

  Liu, Zheng ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Li, Zong Zheng ^a   Qi, Jiang Hua ^a   Xu, Wen Zhong ^a   Zhang, Pei Song ^a   Sun, Tao ^a  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epilepsy; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptides; Serum

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; KAINIC ACID; NESFATIN 1; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE PROTEIN; NESFATIN 1 PROTEIN, RAT; NESFATIN-1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEIZURE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EPILEPSY; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; GHRELIN; KAINIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84869768925     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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