Serial day rapid kindling is an effective tool in screening the anti-epileptic properties of topiramate

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 620-626

  De Smedt, Tim ^a   De Rouck, S ^a   Raedt, R ^a   Wyckhuys, T ^a   Waterschoot, L ^a   De Herdt, V ^a   Van Dycke, A ^a   Tahry, R El ^a   Vonck, K ^a   Boon, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal model; Drug screening; Epilepsy; Rapid kindling; Serial day; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

TOPIRAMATE;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FRUCTOSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES;

EID: 34548133263     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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