A possible mechanism of blocking of limbic motor seizure reactions induced by activation of the thalamic reticular nucleus

Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-316

  Nanobashvili, Z I ^a   Chachua, T R ^a   Bilanishvili, I G ^a   Beradze, G G ^a   Gotsadze, T R ^a   Khizanishvili, N A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Kindling; Reticular nucleus of the thalamus; Seizure activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE; TETANIC SPASM;

EID: 33644699285     PISSN: 00902977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11062-006-0005-2     Document Type: Article

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