Consequences of neonatal seizures in the rat: Morphological and behavioral effects

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 845-857

  Holmes, Gregory L ^a   Gairsa, Jean Luc ^b   Chevassus Au Louis, Nicolas ^b   Ben Ari, Yehezkel ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031736305     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440602     Document Type: Article

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