Intrahippocampal injection of endothelin-1: A new model of ischemia-induced seizures in immature rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Tsenov, Grygoriy ^a   Mátéffyová, Adéla ^a   Mareš, Pavel ^a   Otáhal, Jakub ^a   Kubová, Hana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Endothelin 1; Epileptic seizures; Hippocampal lesion; Immature rats; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34848900426     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01282.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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