Use of a Peltier chip with a newly devised local brain-cooling system for neocortical seizures in the rat: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-156

  Imoto, Hirochika ^b   Fujii, Masami ^a   Uchiyama, Jouji ^b   Fujisawa, Hirosuke ^b   Nakano, Kimihiko ^b   Kunitsugu, Ichiro ^b   Nomura, Sadahiro ^b   Saito, Takashi ^b   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Kainic acid; Local brain cooling; Neocortical seizure; Peltier chip

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; KAINIC ACID; SILICONE; WATER;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEAT; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TUBE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRONICS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 33644527922     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.1.150     Document Type: Article

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