Low-frequency stimulation of bilateral anterior nucleus of thalamus inhibits amygdale-kindled seizures in rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 422-427

  Zhong, Xiao Ling ^a   Lv, Kui Rong ^a   Zhang, Qun ^a   Yu, Jin Tai ^a,b   Xing, Yao Yao ^a   Wang, Nai Dong ^c   Tan, Lan ^a,b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior nucleus thalamus; Kindled seizures; Low frequency stimulation

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THERAPY EFFECT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; THALAMUS;

EID: 82755182676     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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