Effect of focal low-frequency stimulation on amygdala-kindled afterdischarge thresholds and seizure profiles in fast- and slow-kindling rat strains

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1604-1613

  Carrington, Carys A ^a   Gilby, Krista L ^a   McIntyre, Dan C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsive effect; Genetic sensitivities; Low frequency brain stimulation; Seizure thresholds; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KINDLING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEIZURE; WAVEFORM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547841428     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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