Vagus nerve stimulation induces a sustained anticonvulsant effect

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1111-1116

  Takaya, Mikio ^a,c   Terry, Wendy J ^b   Naritoku, Dean K ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Epilepsy; Pentylenetetrazol; Seizures; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0029824494     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb01033.x     Document Type: Article

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