Afterdischarge threshold reduction in the kindling model of epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 97-101

  Ng, Min Sun Mark ^a,b   Hwang, Paul ^b   Burnham, W McIntyre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afterdischarge threshold; Afterdischarge threshold reduction; Amygdala; Epilepsy; Kindling; Seizure threshold

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; KINDLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 33845321883     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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