On the origin and suddenness of absences in genetic absence models

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-97

  Van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^a   Sitnikova, Evgenia ^b   Lüttjohann, Annika ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cortical focus; GAERS rats; Networks; Spike wave discharges; WAG Rij strain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3;

BRAIN MEMBRANE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; DISEASE MODEL; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS;

EID: 79958025263     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005941104200209     Document Type: Review

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