The effects of malignant glioma on the EEG and seizure thresholds: An experimental study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 370-381

  Beaumont, A ^a   Clarke, M ^a   Whittle, I R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Glioma; Pentylene tetrazol; Seizures

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GLIOBLASTOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; THETA RHYTHM; TIME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL LINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029883497     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01420298     Document Type: Article

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