Hyperthermic seizures and hyperthermia in immature rats modify the subsequent pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 533-536

  Gonzalez Ramirez, M ^a   Salgado Ceballos, H ^a   Orozco Suarez, S A ^a   Rocha, L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clonus seizures; Hyperthermia; Hyperthermic seizures; Immature brain; Myoclonus; Pentylenetetrazole; Tonic seizures

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMATURITY; INCIDENCE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FEVER; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149154559     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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