Comparative anticonvulsant efficacy in the corneal kindled mouse model of partial epilepsy: Correlation with other seizure and epilepsy models

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Rowley, Nicole M ^a   White, H Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

6Hz seizure; Corneal kindling; Ezogabine; Hippocampal kindled rat; Maximal electroshock seizure; Pentylenetetrazol seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; EZOGABINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA KINDLING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FOCAL EPILEPSY; KINDLING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIOPHYSICS; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MICE; OPTIC NERVE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78651277431     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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