Seizure-refractory period after a single stimulation and inhibition of seizures after repetitive stimulation in the gerbil: Effects on blood cortisol levels

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Revilla, Victoria ^a   Robles, María Sagrario ^a   Bermejo, Juan Carlos ^a   Paniagua, Miguel Angel ^a   Fernández López, Arsenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortisol and stress; Epilepsy; Gerbil; Seizure

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SEIZURE; SHOCK; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERBILLINAE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HYDROCORTISONE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEIZURES; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032893911     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01981.x     Document Type: Article

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