Decreased seizure threshold and more rapid rate of kindling in rats with cortical malformation induced by prenatal treatment with methylazoxymethanol

Brain Research

Volumn 812, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 252-255

  Chevassus Au Louis, N ^a   Ben Ari, Y ^a   Vergnes, M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Epilepsy; Heterotopia; Microcephaly; Neuronal migration disorder

Indexed keywords

METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HETEROTOPIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROCEPHALY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032561708     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00932-9     Document Type: Article

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