Reduction of K+ uptake in gila prevents long-term depression maintenance and causes epileptiform activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2813-2824

  Janigro, Damir ^a,c   Gasparini, Sonia ^b   D'Ambrosio, Raimondo ^a,b   McKhann II, Guy ^a   DiFrancesco, Dario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c 325 Ninth Avenue ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

astrocyte; epilepsy; extracellular space; potassium; spatial buffering; synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLIA; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030946545     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-08-02813.1997     Document Type: Article

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