Mediodorsal thalamic stimulation is not protective against seizures induced by amygdaloid kindling in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 481, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-101

  Wang, Shuang ^a   Wu, Deng chang ^a   Fan, Xiao ning ^a   Zhu, Mei zhen ^a   Hu, Qiong yao ^a   Zhou, Dong ^b   Ding, Mei ping ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Kindled seizures; Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 77955272900     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.060     Document Type: Article

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