Evidence for the involvement of the pallidum in the modulation of seizures in a genetic model of absence epilepsy in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Deransart, Colin ^a   Riban, Véronique ^a   Lê, Bich Thuy ^a   Hechler, Viviane ^b   Marescaux, Christian ^a   Depaulis, Antoine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Center for Neurochemistry   (France)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Basal ganglia; Epilepsy; Genetic model; Microdialysis; Pallidum; Rat; Substantia nigra; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC MODEL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033574506     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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