Epileptiform discharges and neuronal plasticity in the acute peri-infarct cortex of rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 666-669

  Fujioka, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kaneko, Hidekazu ^c   Fujii, Masami ^a,b   Suzuki, Shinya S ^c   Imoto, Hirochika ^a,b,d   Nomura, Sadahiro ^a,b,d   Fujisawa, Hirosuke ^a,b,d   Yamakawa, Takeshi ^e   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a,b,d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Consortium of Advanced Epilepsy Treatment ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EEG; EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES; PHOTOTHROMBOSIS; PLASTICITY; RAT

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STROKE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; LIMB; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSORY NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXTREMITIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953830022     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313209X459138     Document Type: Article

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