Removal of the inferior olive abolishes myoclonic seizures associated with a loss of olivary serotonin

Neuroscience

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 879-897

  Welsh, J P ^a   Chang, B ^a   Menaker, M E ^a   Aicher, S A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetically epilepsy prone rat; Movement disorder; Olivocerebellar system; Oscillation; Timing; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPSY; INFERIOR OLIVE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TREMOR;

EID: 0342506486     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00297-2     Document Type: Article

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