Antiepileptic effects of electroacupuncture vs vagus nerve stimulation on cortical epileptiform activities

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 114-121

  Zhang, Jian Liang ^a   Zhang, Shi Ping ^a   Zhang, Hong Qi ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cortex; Electroacupuncture; Epilepsy; Pentylenetetrazole; Rat; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPILEPSY; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 44649101362     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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