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C J Frederickson1, M D Hernandez, J F McGinty.
Abstract
Rats were subjected to seizures induced by kainic acid, and the resulting changes in CNS zinc staining were studied with the toluene sulfonamide quinoline fluorescence method. Seizures caused a loss of zinc staining from presynaptic boutons in many limbic and cerebrocortical regions. Simultaneously, the postsynaptic neurons that were degenerating (acidophilic) in those regions as a result of the seizure developed intense fluorescence for zinc. A possible role for zinc in the death of the postsynaptic neurons is suggested.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2713657 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)90199-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252