Anticonvulsant drug effects on spontaneous thalamocortical rhythms in vitro: Phenytoin, carbamazepine, and phenobarbital

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-70

  Zhang, Yun Fu ^a   Coulter, Douglas A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Generalized absence epilepsy; Generalized tonic clonic seizure; Seizure; Spike ay discharge; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0030003544     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(95)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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