Aberrant structural and functional plasticity in the adult hippocampus of amygdala kindled rats

Amygdala kindling is commonly used to study the neural mechanisms of temporal lobe epilepsy and its behavioral consequences. The repetitive seizure activity that occurs during kindling is thought to induce an extensive array of structural and functional modifications within the brain, particularly i...

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Main Author: Fournier, Neil M.
Other Authors: Kalynchuk, Lisa E.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2009
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-12212009-134501/