Measurement of cortical and hippocampal epileptiform activity in freely moving rats by means of implantable radiotelemetry

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Bastlund, Jesper F ^a   Jennum, Poul ^b   Mohapel, Paul ^c   Vogel, Vanessa ^a   Watson, William P ^a  

^a H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cortex; Electroencephalogram; Electromyogram; Epileptiform activity; Hippocampus; Kainate; Pentylenetetrazole; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN CORTEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WAKEFULNESS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 7744222156     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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