Spontaneous petit mal-like epileptic seizures in the laboratory rat: an issue that the experimenter should be aware of

• Authors: S. Gralewicz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

A certain proportion of laboratory rats of various strains is characterized with a heritable abnormally high propensity for spontaneous, nonconvulsive electrocortical seizures. The seizures have form of bursts of spike-wave discharges (SWD) reminiscent of the human petit-mal epilepsy. The experimenter is usually unaware of this fact. The paper concerns the question of reliability of results obtained on rats samples derived from populations nonhomogenous with respect to the high propensity for SWD seizures.

Keywords

EN

EPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RAT

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 341-351

Contributors

author

S. Gralewicz

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: S. Gralewicz, Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. Nofera, ul. Sw. Teresy 8, 90-950 Lodz, Poland