Lack of laterality in the effects of right and left amygdala kindling on weight gain in female rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Hum, Kathryn M ^a   Megna, Sofia ^a   Burnham, W McIntyre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Estrous cycle; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; KINDLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LEPTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 70350426762     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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