Study of the efficacy of thalamo-cortical and cortico-thalamic relationships in a genetic model of absence-epilepsy (GAERS);Etude de l'efficacité des relations thalamo-corticales et cortico-thalamiques dans un modèle génétique d'épilepsie-absences (GAERS)

Epilepsies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-81

  Gigout, Sylvain ^a   Louvel, Jacques ^a   Pumain, René ^a  

^a CENTRE PAUL BROCA   (France)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Cortico thalamic relationships; GAERS; Thalamo cortical slices

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC MODEL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 20544460078     PISSN: 11496576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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