Mediodorsal thalamus plays a critical role in the development of limbic motor seizures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 9002-9009

  Cassidy, Robert M ^a   Gale, Karen ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area tempestas; Bicuculline; GABA; Glutamate; Piriform cortex; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PROTECTION; CLONUS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032211072     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-09002.1998     Document Type: Article

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