Changes in the Egr1 and Arc expression in brain structures of pentylenetetrazole-kindled rats

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 368-378

  Szyndler, Janusz ^a   Maciejak, Piotr ^a,b   Wislowska Stanek, Aleksandra ^a   Lehner, Malgorzata ^b   Plaznik, Adam ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arc expression; Egr1 expression; Kindling; Pentylenetetrazole; Seizure

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARC GENE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EGR1 GENE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 84879363000     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(13)71012-0     Document Type: Article

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