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Bausch,
S. B., He,S., Petrova, Y., Wang, X. M. and McNamara, J. O. (2006)
Plasticity of both excitatory and inhibitory synapses is associated
with seizures induced by removal of chronic blockade of activity in
cultured hippocampus. Journal of Neurophysiology 96:2151-2167. |
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Loo,
L.S and McNamara, J.O. (2006) Impaired volume regulation is the
mechanism of excitotoxic sensitization to complement. Journal of
Neuroscience 26:10177-10187. |
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J.O., Huang, Y.Z., and Leonard, A.S. (2006) Molecular signaling
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Puranam,
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susceptibility maps to chromosome 10q25-q26. Annals of Neurology
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Bausch
S.B. and McNamara J.O. (2004) Contributions of mossy fiber and CA1
pyramidal cell sprouting to dentate granule cell hyperecitability in
kainic acid-treated hippocampal slice cultures. J Neurophysiology
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Danzer,
S.C. and J.O. McNamara (2004). Location of BDNF to distinct terminals
of mossy fiber axons implies regulation of both excitation and
feedforward inhibition of CA3 pyramidal cells. J Neuroscience
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He
X.-P., Kotloski R., Nef S., Luikart B.W., Parada L.F., and McNamara
J.O. (2004) Conditional Deletion of TrkB but Not BDNF Prevents
Epileptogenesis in the Kindling Model. Neuron 43:31-42. |
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Xiong
Z.Q., Qian W., Suzuki K., and McNamara J.O. (2003) Formation of
complement membrane attack complex in mammalian cerebral cortex evokes
seizures and neurodegeneration. J Neurosci 23: 955-960. |
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Danzer
S.C., Crooks K.R.C., Lo D.C., and McNamara J.O. (2002) Increased
expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor induces formation of
basal dendrites and axonal branching in dentate granule cells in
hippocampal explant cultures. J Neurosci., 15:22(22):9754-9763 |
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He
X.P., Minichiello L., Klein R. and McNamara J.O. (2002)
Immunohistochemical evidence of seizure-induced activation of trkB
receptors in the mossy fiber pathway of adult mouse hippocampus. J.
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Xiong
Z.Q. and McNamara J.O. (2002) Fleeting activation of ionotropic
glutamate receptors sensitizes cortical neurons to complement attach.
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