Effects of levetiracetam on spike and wave discharges in WAG/Rij rats

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 591-594

  Bouwman, Brigitte M ^a   van Rijn, Clementina M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Frequency modulation; Levetiracetam; Spike and wave discharges; WAG Rij rats

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPIKE WAVE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; MALE; PIRACETAM; RATS;

EID: 9244265017     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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