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Effect of scorpion venom on the release of GABA in hippocampus of epileptic rats induced by kainic acid

Jiang Chunling, Zhang Wanqin

Department of Physiology,Dalian Medical University.Dalian 116027,Liaoning

Abstract

The result suggest that SV may selectively prevent loss of GABAergic interneurons in the ventral hippocampus of rats susceptible to epileptic seizures and increase the release of GABA as an antiepileptic mechanism.

Key words: Scorpion venom;Antiepileptic susceptibility;Ventral hippocampus;#gamma#-aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity (GABAIR)

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Jiang Chunling, Zhang Wanqin. Effect of scorpion venom on the release of GABA in hippocampus of epileptic rats induced by kainic acid. Acta Physiol Sin 1999; 51 (6): (in Chinese with English abstract).