Profound hypothermia determines the anticonvulsant and neuroprotective effects of swim stress

Brain Research

Volumn 1240, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-164

  Fournier, N M ^a   Galic, M A ^b   Kalynchuk, L E ^a   Persinger, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Lithium pilocarpine; Rat; Seizure; Stress

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFOUND INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; RAT; SEIZURE; STAINING; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

RATTUS;

EID: 54549094647     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.08.081     Document Type: Article

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