Hyperthermic seizures: An animal model for hot-water epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-228

  Ullal, G R ^a   Satishchandra, P ^b   Shankar, S K ^b  

^a M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029914763     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(96)80040-9     Document Type: Article

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