Seizures induced by penicillin microinjections in the mesencephalic tegmentum

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-44

  Jimenez, Fiacro ^a   Velasco, Francisco ^a   Carrillo Ruiz, Jose ^a   Villanueva, Francisco Estrada ^a   Velasco, Marcos ^a   Ponce, Hector ^a  

^a Gen Hosp Children's Hosp SS M   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brain stem; EEG; Multiple unit recording; Penicillin; Reticular formation; Seizure pattern

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEIZURE; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROINJECTIONS; PENICILLINS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEIZURES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0033382555     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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