Enhanced epileptogenicity of area tempestas in the immature rat

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 540-545

  Sperber, E F ^a,b   Veliskova J ^a   Benenati, B ^b   Moshe S L ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epilepsy; Kindling; Piriform cortex; Seizure

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; KINDLING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032424696     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017355     Document Type: Article

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