Seizures induced by intracerebral injection of thrombin: A model of intracerebral hemorrhage

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-78

  Lee, Kevin R ^a,b   Drury, Ivo ^a   Vitarbo, Elizabeth ^a   Hoff, Julian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Coagulation cascade; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Rat; Seizure; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030975122     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.1.0073     Document Type: Article

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