Amygdala kindling in Proechimys guyannensis rat: An animal model of resistance to epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-170

  De Amorim Carvalho, Reinaldo ^a   Arida, Ricardo Mario ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Kindling; Proechimys; Rats

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037319063     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.32202.x     Document Type: Article

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