Characterization of seizures in the flathead rat: A new genetic model of epilepsy in early postnatal development

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 394-400

  Sarkisian, Matthew R ^a   Rattan, Samarjit ^a   D'Mello, Santosh R ^a   LoTurco, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Autosomal recessive; Cerebral cortex; Development; Microcephaly; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENETIC MODEL; MICROCEPHALY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032935639     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00732.x     Document Type: Article

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