Lack of hippocampal involvement in a rat model of petit mal epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Kandel, Adam ^a   Bragin, Anatol ^a   Carpi, Daniel ^a   Buzsáki, György ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High voltage spike and wave activity; Hippocampus; Petit mal epilepsy; Rat model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PETIT MAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029880549     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(95)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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