Critical volume of rat cortex and extracellular threshold concentration for a pentylenetetrazol-induced epileptic focus

Brain Research

Volumn 753, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-97

  Schwindt, Wolfram ^a   Nicholson, Charles ^b   Lehmenkühler, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

apparent diffusion coefficient; cerebral cortex; diffusion; epilepsy; interictal discharge; ion selective microelectrode

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; DRUG DIFFUSION; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGAR; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVULSANTS; DIFFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MICROINJECTIONS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030968904     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01495-3     Document Type: Article

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