Electrophysiological and Anatomical Differences, Behavioral Comorbidities and Gene Expression in Fast and Slow Kindling Rat Strains.

The view that genetic mechanisms underlie many forms of epilepsy is widely accepted.1 Thus, genetically-derived models of epilepsy can serve as important vehicles to study the mechanisms of epileptogenesis,2 particularly if they can isolate underlying factors that are uncontaminated by a recent history of seizure activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]