Seizure patterns of Mongolian gerbils subjected to a prolonged weekly test schedule: Evidence for a kindling-like phenomenon in the adult population

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-576

  Scotti, A L ^a,b   Bollag, O ^a   Nitsch, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic epilepsy; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Seizure induction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERBIL; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; ORIENTATION; SEIZURES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031748888     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01423.x     Document Type: Article

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