Control of motor seizures by brotizolam with maintenance of stable refractory periods for self-stimulation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-241

  Bielajew, Catherine ^a   Bushnik, Tamara ^a   Konkle, Anne T M ^a   Parkin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation reward; Brotizolam; Lateral preoptic area; Medial forebrain bundle; Motor seizure; Refractory period

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROTIZOLAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REWARD; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032797996     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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