Transcranial direct current stimulation decreases convulsions and spatial memory deficits following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in immature rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Kamida, Tohru ^a   Kong, Shiqi ^b   Eshima, Nobuoki ^a   Abe, Tatsuya ^a   Fujiki, Minoru ^a   Kobayashi, Hidenori ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b XingTai People Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Immature rat; Neuroprotective effect; Status epilepticus; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL LOSS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EPILEPTIC STATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMATURITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 78049471918     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.08.050     Document Type: Article

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