Changes in midline thalamic recruiting responses in the prefrontal cortex of the rat during the development of chronic limbic seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-565

  Sloan, David M ^a   Bertram III, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediodorsal nucleus; Prefrontal cortex; Recruiting response; Reuniens; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EPILEPTIC STATE; KINDLING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 61849181371     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01790.x     Document Type: Article

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