Levetiracetam-loaded biodegradable polymer implants in the tetanus toxin model of temporal lobe epilepsy in rats

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-152

  Halliday, Amy J ^a,c   Campbell, Toni E ^c   Nelson, Timothy S ^b   McLean, Karen J ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^c   Cook, Mark J ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Drug delivery; Epilepsy; Implantable devices; Levetiracetam; Polymer; Tetanus toxin

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; PIRACETAM; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETANUS TOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871413617     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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