Alternate-site kindling in the guinea-pig results in accelerated seizure progression and generalization

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 151-159

  Teskey, G Campbell ^a   Thiessen, Elizabeth J ^a   Gilbert, Trevor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Antagonism; Convulsion; Discharge; Epilepsy; Septum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; KINDLING; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032939859     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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