Antiepileptic effect of electroacupuncture vs. vagus nerve stimulation in the rat thalamus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 441, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-187

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

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Epilepsy; Pentylenetetrazole; Thalamus; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPILEPSY; MALE; NEURONS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 46749112164     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.06.032     Document Type: Article

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