The effects of alcohol intake and withdrawal on the seizures frequency and hippocampal morphology in rats with epilepsy

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre ^a,b   Arida, Ricardo Mario ^b   Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo ^b,c   Priel, Margareth Rose ^b,c   De Albuquerque, Marly ^b,d   Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão ^b  

^a Nucleo Pesq Tecnologicas Univ M   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Pilocarpine; Rats; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PILOCARPINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LOSS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; ESOPHAGUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0142074817     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(03)00220-7     Document Type: Article

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