Epilepsy Research
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 115-126 , April 1998

Induction of convulsive seizures by acoustic priming in a new genetically defined model of epilepsy (Noda epileptic rat: NER)

  • Koji Iida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734, Japan
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  • Masashi Sasa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 82 2575140; fax: +81 82 2575144.
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  • Tadao Serikawa

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Laboratory Animals, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-01, Japan
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  • Atsushi Noda

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology, 3-7-11 Hashimotodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229, Japan
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  • Kumatoshi Ishihara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734, Japan
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  • Tomohide Akimitsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734, Japan
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  • Ryosuke Hanaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734, Japan
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  • Kazunori Arita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734, Japan
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  • Kaoru Kurisu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734, Japan

Received 23 June 1997 ,Revised 21 November 1997 ,Accepted 2 December 1997.

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Epilepsy Research
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