Sudden death in epilepsy: An experimental animal model
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Sudden death in epilepsy: An experimental animal model
INTRODUCTION The physiopathogenetic mechanisms possibly involved in sudden unexplained epileptic death (SUDEP), were investigated in the hemispherectomized rat. METHODS For this purpose, paroxysmal activity, vagal nerve firing, systemic blood pressure (BP), pulmonary artery pressure, and ECG were simultaneously recorded in an experimental animal model of epilepsy. Recordings were performed in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.02.007