MRI compatible electrodes for the induction of amygdala kindling in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-76

  Jupp, Bianca ^a   Williams, John P ^a   Tesiram, Yasvir A ^a   Vosmansky, Milosh ^b   O'Brien, Terence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrodes; Kindling; MRI; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CARBON; GOLD; IRIDIUM; PLATINUM;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CARBON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GOLD; IRIDIUM; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PLATINUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33744912222     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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