Zinc, magnesium and copper profiles in three experimental models of epilepsy

Brain Research

Volumn 956, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 166-172

  Doretto, M C ^a   Simoes S ^a   Paiva, A M R ^a   Osorio Neto E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Audiogenic seizures and electroshock; Epilepsy; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HAIR; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLE; SEIZURE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; COPPER; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY; HAIR; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 0037159636     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03517-5     Document Type: Article

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