Role of the midline brainstem in feline amygdaloid kindling

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 669-676

  Wada, Juhn A ^a   Hamada, Koichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ictal adversive circling; Midline brainstem bisection; Seizure stage stability; Tonic and clonic seizure; Transhemispheric positive transfer effect

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032976521     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00763.x     Document Type: Article

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