Seizure-induced neuronal injury: Vulnerability to febrile seizures in an immature rat model

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4285-4294

  Toth, Zsolt ^a   Yan, Xiao Xin ^a,b   Haftoglou, Suzie ^a   Ribak, Charles E ^a   Baram, Tallie Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Apoptosis; Epilepsy; Excitotoxicity; Febrile seizures; In situ end labeling; Neuronal death; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0032101776     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04285.1998     Document Type: Article

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