Physiological and behavioural consequences of seizures induced in the rat by intrahippocampal tetanus toxin

Brain

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 517-532

  Jefferys, John G R ^a   Williams, Sarah F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTOXICATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TETANUS TOXIN;

EID: 0023128788     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/110.2.517     Document Type: Article

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