Conventional anticonvulsant drugs in the guinea pig kindling model of partial seizures: Effects of acute phenobarbital, valproate, and ethosuximide

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 336-344

  Gilbert, Trevor H ^a   Corley, Shannon M ^a   Teskey, G Campbell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afterdischarge threshold; Antiepileptic drugs; Behavioral toxicity; Epilepsy; Guinea pig; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GUINEA PIG; KINDLING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GUINEA PIGS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0036383396     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1183-9     Document Type: Article

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