Effects of ethanol on the development of genetically determined epilepsies in rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 739-744

  Russo, Emilio ^a   Citraro, Rita ^a   De Fazio, Salvatore ^a   Torcasio, Giovanni ^a   De Sarro, Giovambattista ^a   Di Paola, Eugenio Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Audiogenic seizures; Ethanol; Foetal alcohol syndrome; Genetically epilepsy prone rats (GEPRs); PTZ induced seizures; WAG Rij rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONVULSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 53049091250     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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