Analysis of flurothyl-induced myoclonus in inbred strains of mice

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Papandrea, Dominick ^a   Kukol, Whitney S ^a   Anderson, Tara M ^a   Herron, Bruce J ^b,c   Ferland, Russell J ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Flurothyl; Generalized seizure threshold; Mice; Myoclonic jerk; Myoclonus; Seizure

Indexed keywords

FLUROTHYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; INBRED STRAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FLUROTHYL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYOCLONUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449623006     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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