Depression and/or potentiation of cortical responses after status epilepticus in immature rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 485-491

  Tsenov, G ^a   Mares P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Frequency depression; Ontogeny; Rats; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVOKED RESPONSE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35648954557     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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