Electrical Stimulation of the Mammillary Nuclei Increases Seizure Threshold to Pentylenetetrazol in Rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1309-1316

  Mirski, Marek A ^a   Fisher, Robert S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hypothalamus; Mammary nuclei; Pentylenetetrazol; Rat; Seizures; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMILLARY BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; THALAMUS;

ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028037106     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb01803.x     Document Type: Article

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