Contribution of intralaminar thalamic nuclei to spike-and-wave-discharges during spontaneous seizures in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1537-1546

  Seidenbecher, T ^a   Pape, H C ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Centrolateral thalamic nucleus; GAERS; Microiontophoresis; Paracentral thalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; CGP 35347; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SEIZURES;

EID: 0035003937     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01537.x     Document Type: Article

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