1. Effect of camphor essential oil on rat cerebral cortex activity as manifested by fractal dimension changes
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M. Ćulić, G. Grbic, Ljiljana Martac, D. Đoković, M. Soković, and Sladjana Spasić
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fractal dimension ,Chemistry ,seizure ,Camphor oil ,Pharmacology ,Fractal dimension ,Fractal analysis ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,law.invention ,rats ,Camphor ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Cerebral cortex ,law ,medicine ,electrocortical activity ,Ictal ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,CAMPHOR OIL ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Essential oil - Abstract
The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of camphor essential oil on rat cerebral cortex activity by fractal analysis. Fractal dimension (FD) values of the parietal electrocortical activity were calculated before and after intra-peritoneal administration of camphor essential oil (450-675 ?l/kg) in anesthetized rats. Camphor oil induced seizure-like activity with single and multiple spiking of high amplitudes in the parietal electrocorticogram and occasional clonic limb convulsions. The FD values of cortical activity after camphor oil administration increased on the average. Only FD values of cortical ECoG sequences were lower than those before camphor oil administration.
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- 2008
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