Post-seizure drug treatment in young rats determines clear incremental losses of frontal cortical and hippocampal neurons: The resultant damage is similar to very old brains

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-21

  Karbowski, Lukasz M ^a   Parker, Glenn H ^a   Persinger, Michael A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging brain; Cerebral cortices; Cortical layers; Hippocampus; Lithium pilocarpine induced seizures; Post seizure drug treatments

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; KETAMINE; LITHIUM; PILOCARPINE; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM; NEURONS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84873261520     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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