The effect of electrical stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on seizures is frequency dependent

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-164

  Lado, Fred A ^a   Velíšek, Libor ^a   Moshé, Solomon L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Electrical stimulation; Male; Rat; Seizures; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUROTHYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FLUROTHYL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037320865     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.33802.x     Document Type: Article

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