The cerebral hemisphere of the turtle in vitro. An experimental model with spontaneous interictal-like spikes for the study of epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Velluti, Julio C ^a   Costa Da Costa, Jaderson ^a   Russo, Raúl E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; In vitro hemispheric brain; Interictal spike; Paroxysmal depolarization shift; Seizure like activity; Turtle medial cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; TURTLES;

EID: 0030835980     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(97)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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