Effects of circadian regulation and rest-activity state on spontaneous seizures in a rat model of limbic epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 502-509

  Quigg, Mark ^a,b   Clayburn, Hope ^a   Straume, Martin ^a,b   Menaker, Michael ^b   Bertram III, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Circadian rhythms; Epilepsy; Hypothalamus; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REST; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034014952     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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