Decreased time constant in hippocampal dentate granule cells in pilocarpine-treated rats with progressive seizure frequencies

Brain Research

Volumn 718, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 169-175

  Isokawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus granule cell; Epilepsy; Hippocampal slice; Increased EPSP; Pilocarpine; Time constant; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029948673     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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