Primary afterdischarge in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures: Effects of standard antiepileptic drugs

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1928-1936

  Albus, Klaus ^a   Wahab, Abdul ^a,b   Heinemann, Uwe ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Area CA1; EC50 values; Evoked seizures; In vitro model

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOTYPIC HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE CULTURE; PRIMARY AFTERDISCHARGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84869083272     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03597.x     Document Type: Article

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