Anticonvulsant effects of gamma surgery in a model of chronic spontaneous limbic epilepsy in rats

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 270-280

  Chen, Z F ^a   Kamiryo, T ^a   Henson, S L ^a   Yamamoto, H ^a   Bertram, E H ^a   Schottler, F ^a   Patel, F ^a   Steiner, L ^a   Prasad, D ^a   Kassell, N F ^a   Shareghis, S ^a   Lee, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant therapy; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Rat; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0034859748     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.94.2.0270     Document Type: Article

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