Development of spike-wave seizures in C3H/HeJ mice

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Ellens, Damien J ^a   Hong, Ellie ^a   Giblin, Kathryn ^a   Singleton, Matthew J ^a   Bashyal, Chhitij ^a   Englot, Dario J ^a   Mishra, Asht M ^a   Blumenfeld, Hal ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence seizure; Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; Epileptogenesis; Petit mal; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; SEIZURES;

EID: 67349177484     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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