Involvement of proprioceptive feedback in brainstem-triggered convulsions

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 509-515

  Maton, Bruno ^a   Vergnes, Marguerite ^a   Hirsch, Edouard ^a,b   Marescaux, Christian ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Forebrain; Immobilization; Tonic clonic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0030980725     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01133.x     Document Type: Article

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