Preemptive effect of nucleus of the solitary tract stimulation on amygdaloid kindling in freely moving cats

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-444

  Magdaleno Madrigal, Victor M ^a   Martínez Vargas, David ^a   Valdés Cruz, Alejandro ^a   Almazán Alvarado, Salvador ^a   Fernández Mas, Rodrigo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid kindling; Cat; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Polyspikewave; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENICULATE BODIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEIZURES; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77749251955     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02337.x     Document Type: Article

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