One hour of pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus is sufficient to develop chronic epilepsy in mice, and is associated with mossy fiber sprouting but not neuronal death

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-302

  Chen, Ling Lin ^a,b   Feng, Hang Feng ^b   Mao, Xue Xia ^b   Ye, Qing ^b   Zeng, Ling Hui ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CITY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

epileptogenesis; Fluoro Jade B staining; Morris water maze; pilocarpine; Timm staining

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PILOCARPINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONS; PILOCARPINE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84878533220     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1310-6     Document Type: Article

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