Lithium-pilocarpine status epilepticus in the immature rabbit

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Thompson, Kerry ^a   Wasterlain, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Neuropathology; Pilocarpine; Rabbit; Seizures

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXEMIA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; NEURONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PILOCARPINE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RABBITS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030915394     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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