Quenching revisited: Low level direct current inhibits amygdala-kindled seizures

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 185-192

  Weiss, Susan R B ^a   Eidsath, Alec ^b   Li, Xiu Li ^a   Heynen, Terri ^a   Post, Robert M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterdischarge threshold; Amygdala; Direct current; Epilepsy; Kindling; Quenching; Rats; Seizure threshold

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINDLING; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032213461     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6932     Document Type: Article

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