Neuropathology of seizures in the immature rabbit

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-152

  Towfighi, Javad ^a   Housman, Cathy ^a   Brucklacher, Robert ^a   Vannucci, Robert C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kainic acid; Pilocarpine; Seizure

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; PILOCARPINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOXEMIA; IMMATURITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEIZURE; SUBICULUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEVER; HYPOTENSION; KAINIC ACID; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PILOCARPINE; PROSENCEPHALON; RABBITS; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 4444358794     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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