In utero irradiation of rats as a model of human cerebrocortical dysgenesis: A review

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 63-74

  Roper, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; GABA; Neuronal heterotopia; Neuronal migration; Radial glia; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACEPROMAZINE; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMBRYO; EPILEPSY; EXCITABILITY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HETEROTOPIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHORISTOMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032168409     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00040-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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