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NMDA-induced seizures in developing rats cause long-term learning impairment and increased seizure susceptibility.
Epilepsy research - 1 Feb 2003
Stafstrom Carl E, Sasaki-Adams Deanna M
Abstract excerpt
N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors play a prominent role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy, yet few studies have used NMDA as a convulsant in whole animals. In developing rats, systemic NMDA induces seizures with a unique seizure phenotype ("emprosthotonic" or hyperflexion seizures) and electrographic pattern (electrodecrement). These features are not seen in kainic acid-induced seizures, suggesting that...
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