Lack of effect of intranigral transplants of a GABAergic cell line on absence seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-365

  Castillo, Claudia G ^a,b   Mendoza, Soledad ^a   Saavedra, Josie ^a   Giordano, Magda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Electrocorticograph; GABAergic cell line; Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats of Strasbourg; Grafts; Human glutamate decarboxylase 67; Motor behavior; Spike wave discharges; Substantia nigra pars reticulata; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TUMOR;

EID: 77955561749     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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