Epicortical slow potential shifts and sensory-evoked potentials are related to seizure propensity in gerbils

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 827-838

  Roughan, J V ^a   Laming, P R ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evoked response; Gerbil; Glia; Seizures; Slow potential shift

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GERBIL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEIZURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GERBILLINAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ARENA; GERBILLINAE;

EID: 0032104151     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050227     Document Type: Article

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