Paroxysmal discharges in the EL mouse, a genetic model of epilepsy

Brain Research

Volumn 760, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 266-271

  Wang, H ^a,b   Burdette, L J ^a   Frankel, W N ^c   Masukawa, L M ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Disinhibition; Hippocampus; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030787617     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00396-X     Document Type: Article

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