Environmental risk factors for multifactorial epilepsy in EL mice

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1697-1707

  Todorova, Mariana T ^a   Burwell, Timothy J ^a   Seyfried, Thomas N ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gowers' dictum; Handling; Idiopathic; Seizures; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032796428     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01586.x     Document Type: Article

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