Anatomically dependent anticonvulsant properties of temporally-coded electrical stimulation

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-297

  Medeiros, Daniel de Castro ^a   Cota, Vinícius Rosa ^b   Vilela, Maura Regina Silva da Páscoa ^a   Mourão, Flávio Afonso Gonçalves ^a   Massensini, André Ricardo ^a   Moraes, Márcio Flávio Dutra ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Deep brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Temporal patterns; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORELIMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMUS;

EID: 84858283352     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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