Absence-like seizures in adult rats following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus early in life

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1685-1694

  Ferreira, B L C ^a,b   Valle, A C ^a   Cavalheiro, E A ^b   Timo Iaria, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Epilepsy; Pilocarpine; Spike wave; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; PILOCARPINE;

ABSENCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD MOVEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OSCILLOMETRY; RAT; RECORDING; REM SLEEP; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0346965979     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003001200010     Document Type: Article

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