The effects of brain-irradiation-induced decreases in hippocampal mitotic activity on flurothyl-induced epileptogenesis in adult C57BL/6J mice

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-82

  Ferland, Russell J ^a,c   Williams, Jacqueline P ^b   Gross, Robert A ^a,b   Applegate, Craig D ^a,b,d  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem seizure; Dentate gyrus; Epileptogenesis; Flurothyl; Forebrain seizure; Hippocampus; Irradiation; Kindling; Mitotic activity; Threshold

Indexed keywords

FLUROTHYL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0037226727     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2002.8051     Document Type: Article

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