Article
Effect of seizures during pregnancy on seizure susceptibility in offspring.
Epilepsia - 1 Jan 2000
Holmes G L, Weber D A
Abstract excerpt
The risk of epilepsy is higher in the offspring of epileptic mothers than epileptic fathers. It has been hypothesized that seizures during pregnancy may alter subsequent seizure susceptibility in the offspring. To test this hypothesis, pregnant rats were fully kindled during the first, second, or...
Topics
- Animals
- Epilepsy
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Kindling, Neurologic
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy, Animal
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains