Lipopolysaccharide-induced Febrile Convulsions in the rat: Short-term sequelae

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1317-1329

  Heida, James G ^a,b   Boissé, Lysa ^a   Pittman, Quentin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Febrile convulsions; Fever; Fos; LPS; Neonate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; KAINIC ACID; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LITHIUM; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PILOCARPINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 7944229391     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.13704.x     Document Type: Article

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