Dynamic interactions determine partial thalamic quiescence in a computer network model of spike-and-wave seizures

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1679-1696

  Lytton, William W ^a   Contreras, Diego ^b   Destexhe, Alain ^b   Steriade, Mircea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0030936825     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.4.1679     Document Type: Article

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