Topiramate: A potent anticonvulsant in the amygdala-kindled rat

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-77

  Wauquier, Albert ^a   Zhou, Shangdan ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterdischarge; Amygdala; Kindling; Motor cortex; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

TOPIRAMATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; EPILEPSY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029899076     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(95)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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