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ReviewJournal of neuroscience methods2016

Animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy following systemic chemoconvulsant administration.

Maxime Lévesque, Massimo Avoli, Christophe Bernard

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Review in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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122citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 246 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Maxime LévesqueMontreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4.
Massimo AvoliMontreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4; Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4; Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Odontoiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Christophe BernardAix Marseille Université, Inserm, INS UMR_S 1106, 13005, Marseille, France. Electronic address: christophe.bernard@univ-amu.fr.
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CAInserm · FR

Funding

CIHR 74609CIHR 74609-2CIHR 8109CIHR 8109-6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to understand the pathophysiology of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and thus to develop new pharmacological treatments, in vivo animal models that present features similar to those seen in TLE patients have been developed during the last four decades. Some of these models are based on the systemic administration of chemoconvulsants to induce an initial precipitating injury (status epilepticus) that is followed by the appearance of recurrent seizures originating from limbic structures. In this paper we will review two chemically-induced TLE models, namely the kainic acid and pilocarpine models, which have been widely employed in basic epilepsy research. Specifically, we will take into consideration their behavioral, electroencephalographic and neuropathologic features. We will also evaluate the response of these models to anti-epileptic drugs and the impact they might have in developing new treatments for TLE.

Indexed as

ConvulsantsDisease Models, AnimalAnimalsElectroencephalographyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeKainic AcidNerve NetPilocarpineTemporal LobeConvulsantsKainic AcidPilocarpineAnimal modelsKainic acidPilocarpineTemporal lobe epilepsy

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PMID25769270
PMCPMC4880459
OpenAlexW2079239821

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