Seizure frequency in pilocarpine-treated rats is independent of circadian rhythm

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Bajorat, Rika ^a   Wilde, Marleen ^a   Sellmann, Tina ^a   Kirschstein, Timo ^a   Köhling, Rüdigger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pilocarpine; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 80052524399     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03200.x     Document Type: Article

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