Resistance to propagation of amygdaloid kindling seizures in rats with genetic absence epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1115-1119

  Eşkazan, Esat ^a   Onat, Filiz Yõlmaz ^b,c   Aker, Rezzan ^b   Öner, Gülay ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Absence; GAERS; Kindling; Partial seizures; Rat

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036799120     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.35601.x     Document Type: Article

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