Subnecrotic stereotactic radiosurgery controlling epilepsy produced by kainic acid injection in rats

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1033-1040

  Maesawa, S ^a   Kondziolka, D ^a   Dixon, C E ^a   Balzer, J ^a   Fellows, W ^a   Lunsford, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Kainic acid; Radiosurgery; Rat; Seizure

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034433417     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.93.6.1033     Document Type: Article

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