Inadequate experimental methods and erroneous epilepsy diagnostic criteria result in confounding acquired focal epilepsy with genetic absence epilepsy

Here we provide a thorough discussion of the study conducted by Rodgers et al. (J Neurosci. 2015; 35(24):9194-204. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0919-15.2015) to investigate focal seizures and acquired epileptogenesis induced by head injury in the rat. This manuscript serves as supplementary document for our letter to the Editor to appear in the Journal of Neuroscience. We find that the subject article suffers from poor experimental design, very selective consideration of antecedent literature, and application of inappropriate epilepsy diagnostic criteria which, together, lead to unwarranted conclusions.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  arXiv: Neurons and Cognition

• Publication date

  2015-09-03

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Mathematics

• Identifiers
  arXiv 1509.01206
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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