Repetitive audiogenic seizures cause an increased acoustic response in inferior colliculus neurons and additional convulsive behaviors in the genetically-epilepsy prone rat

Brain Research

Volumn 710, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 92-96

  N'Gouemo, Prosper ^a   Faingold, Carl L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Audiogenic seizure; Genetically epilepsy prone rat; Inferior colliculus; Kindling; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; KINDLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029986057     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01356-3     Document Type: Article

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