Vigabatrin directed against kindled seizures following cortical insult: Impact on epileptogenesis and somatosensory recovery

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1255-1266

  Montañez, Sylvia ^a,b   Kline, Anthony E ^a,c   Selwyn, Amanda P ^a   Suozzi, James C ^a   Butler, Stephanie E ^a   Hernandez, Theresa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anteromedial cortex lesion; GABA; Kindling; Seizures; Somatosensory deficits

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEIZURES; SENSATION; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0035152207     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089771501317095296     Document Type: Article

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