Seizures, but not lowered seizure thresholds, results in larger neocortical motor maps and concomitant disruptions in skilled motor behaviour

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-65

  Flynn, Corey ^a,d   Young, Nicole A ^b   Teskey, G Campbell ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afterdischarge threshold; Epilepsy; Kindling; Motor maps; Seizures; Skilled behaviour

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORELIMB; KINDLING; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; LONG EVANS RAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FORELIMB; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MOTOR SKILLS; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 77955053284     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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