Chronic bilateral stimulation of the anterior thalamus of kainate-treated rats increases seizure frequency

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Lado, Fred A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior nucleus of the thalamus; Deep brain stimulation; Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Kainate; Kainic acid; Prolonged stimulation; Rat; Seizures

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; KAINIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33645016798     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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