Effect of camphor essential oil on rat cerebral cortex activity as manifested by fractal dimension changes

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Grbic G ^a   Culic M ^a   Martac L ^a   Sokovic M ^a   Spasic S ^b   Dokovic D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Camphor oil; Electrocortical activity; Fractal dimension; Rats; Seizure

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749107422     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS0804547G     Document Type: Article

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