Anti-epileptogenesis: Electrophysiology, diffusion tensor imaging and behavior in a genetic absence model

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-138

  Van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^a   Mishra, Asht M ^b   Edelbroek, Peter ^c   Coman, Daniel ^b   Frankenmolen, Nikita ^a   Schaapsmeerders, Pauline ^a   Covolato, Giulio ^a   Danielson, Nathan ^b   Niermann, Hannah ^a   Janeczko, Kryzstof ^d   Kiemeneij, Anne ^a   Burinov, Julija ^a   Bashyal, Chhitij ^b   Coquillette, Madeline ^b   Lüttjohann, Annika ^a   Hyder, Fahmeed ^b   Blumenfeld, Hal ^b   van Rijn, Clementina M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Afterdischarges; Antiepileptogenesis; Cortical focus theory; Depression; DTI; Electrical stimulation; Ethosuximide; Somatosensory cortex; WAG Rij rats

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; SUCROSE;

ABSENCE; AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIEPILEPTOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EX VIVO STUDY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

AFTERDISCHARGES; ANTIEPILEPTOGENESIS; CORTICAL FOCUS THEORY; DEPRESSION; DTI; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; ETHOSUXIMIDE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WAG/RIJ RATS;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84884713199     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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