Transplacentally induced neuronal migration disorders: An animal model for the study of the epilepsies

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-488

  Germano, Isabelle M ^a   Sperber, Ellen F ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampal damage; Methylazoxymethanol; Neuronal migration disorders; Rat; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

METHANOL DERIVATIVE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL MOVEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032519994     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980215)51:4<473::AID-JNR7>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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