Effect of precollicular transection on audiogenic seizures in genetically epilepsy-prone rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-301

  Browning, R A ^a   Wang, C ^a   Nelson, D K ^a   Jobe, P C ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiogenic seizure; Brain stem seizure; Brain transection; Genetically epilepsy prone rat; Seizure anatomy

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

EID: 0033054216     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6981     Document Type: Article

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