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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2008 Mar;38(3):151–162. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.09.008

Table 3.

Animal models of seizures – acquired.

Electrical Chemical Kindling
 Maximal Electrical Shock  Pentylenetetrazol
 Self-Sustaining Status Epilepticus  Beta Carboline
 Kindling  Picrotoxin
Chemoconvulsant  Bicuculline
 Pentylenetetrazol (high dose)  Cocaine
 Bicuculline  Lidocaine
 Picrotoxin Hypoxia
 Kainic Acid  Hypoxic-induced seizures
 Pilocarpine Focally injected convulsants
 Flurothyl  Alumina gel
Chemo-non-convulsive  Tetanus toxin
 γ-hydroxybutyrate  Cepahalosporins
 Penicillin  Iron
 THIP  Sodium penicillin
 PTZ (low dose) Trauma
 AY-9944  Fluid-percussion brain injury
 MAM-AY (Double hit) Stroke
Hyperthermia  Vascular occlusion
 Experimental febrile seizures Radiation
In utero radiation model