Relationship of rectal and hippocampal temperature profiles to seizure activity in rats prone and resistant to hot water induced epilepsy

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 108, Issue DEC., 1998, Pages 279-284

  Ullal, G R ^b   Satishchandra, P ^a   Shankar, S K ^a   Dadlani, R ^b   Arshi, I ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brain temperature; Hyperthermic seizure; Seizure susceptibility

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECTUM; WATER;

EID: 0032406944     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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