Decreased brainstem seizure thresholds and facilitated seizure propagation in mice exposed to repeated flurothyl-induced generalized forebrain seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-62

  Ferland, Russell J ^a   Applegate, Craig D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem seizure; Clonic seizure; Epileptogenesis; Flurothyl; Forebrain seizure; Kindling; Minimal electroconvulsive shock

Indexed keywords

FLUROTHYL;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FACILITATION; FOREBRAIN; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; KINDLING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FLUROTHYL; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLFACTORY BULB; PROSENCEPHALON; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031910701     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(97)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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