Vagus nerve prolonged stimulation in cats: Effects on epileptogenesis (amygdala electrical kindling): Behavioral and electrographic changes

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 822-829

  Fernandez Guardiola A ^a   Martinez A ^b   Valdes Cruz A ^b   Magdaleno Madrigal, V M ^b   Martinez D ^b   Fernandez Mas R ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cat; Kindling model; Temporal lobe amygdala; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; KINDLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP, REM; TEMPORAL LOBE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033011096     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00787.x     Document Type: Article

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