Pronounced increase in breathing rate in the "hair dryer model" of experimental febrile seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 926-928

  Schuchmann, Sebastian ^a,b   Tolner, Else A ^a   Marshall, Pepin ^a   Vanhatalo, Sampsa ^c   Kaila, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hyperthermia; Hyperventilation; Neonate rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HAIR DRYER MODEL; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERVENTILATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ALKALOSIS, RESPIRATORY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEVER; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYPERVENTILATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 43249092550     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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