Postictal behavior after two types of cortical epileptic afterdischarges in rats

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-218

  Mikulecka A ^a   Mares P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Afterdischarges; Behavior; Cortex; Electrical stimulation; Postictal period; Rat

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECUMBENCY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SITTING; SPIKE WAVE; WALKING; WET DOG SHAKES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GROOMING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SEIZURES; THALAMUS; WALKING;

EID: 33947223484     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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