Febrile seizures: An appropriate-aged model suitable for long-term studies

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Baram, Tallie Z ^a   Gerth, Angelika ^a   Schultz, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; development; EEG; epilepsy; febrile seizure; hyperthermia; infant; rat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HYPERTHERMIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031579415     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00190-3     Document Type: Article

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