Frontal versus transcorneal stimulation to induce maximal electroshock seizures or kindling in mice and rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-229

  Wlaź, Piotr ^a   Potschka, Heidrun ^a   Löscher, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Corneal electrodes; Frontal electrodes; Kindling; Maximal electroshock seizure threshold; Maximal electroshock induced seizures; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; KINDLING; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORNEA; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MICE; PHENYTOIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031778838     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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