Inhibition of the substantia nigra suppresses absences and clonic seizures in audiogenic rats, but not tonic seizures: Evidence for seizure specificity of the nigral control

Neuroscience

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 203-211

  Deransart, C ^a   Le Pham B T ^b   Hirsch, E ^b   Marescaux, Ch ^b   Depaulis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; GABA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPIKE WAVE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0035898235     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00165-8     Document Type: Article

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