Local perfusion of diazepam attenuates interictal and ictal events in the bicuculline model of epilepsy in rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 516-521

  Eder, Hans G ^a   Jones, David B ^a   Fisher, Robert S ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Diazepam; Drug delivery systems; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDURAL SPACE; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0030916801     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01134.x     Document Type: Article

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