Proechimys guyannensis: An animal model of resistance to epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages 189-197

  Arida, Ricardo Mario ^a,b   Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre ^a,b   De Amorim Carvalho, Reinaldo ^a,c   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^c Centro Nacional de Primatas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Kainic acid; Kindling; Pilocarpine; Proechimys guyannensis

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; KINDLING; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SEIZURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KAINIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 21844458143     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.01065.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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