Epileptiform acitivity in the piriform cortex of the in vitro isolated guinea pig brain preparation

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-80

  De Curtis, Marco ^a   Biella, Gerardo ^a   Forti, Matteo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

epileptogenesis; in vitro isolated brain; piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GUINEA PIG; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; NERVE TRACT; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; GUINEA PIGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, GABA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030300071     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(96)00042-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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