Low Mg2+ induced epileptiform activity in the subiculum before and after disconnection from rat hippocampal and entorhinal cortex slices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-28

  Behr, J ^a   Heinemann, U ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field potentials; Late recurrent discharges; Low magnesium; Membrane potential changes; Seizure like events; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; RAT; SEIZURE; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM;

ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 0029670758     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12360-0     Document Type: Article

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