Increased susceptibility to tetanus toxin-induced seizures in immature rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 433-442

  Anderson, Anne E ^a,b   Hrachovy, Richard A ^b   Swann, John W ^a,c  

^a Cain Foundation Laboratories   (United States)

^b Departments of Medicine   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Seizures; Tetanus toxin

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; TETANUS TOXIN;

EID: 0030953622     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(96)01010-8     Document Type: Article

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