Increased excitability and inward rectification in layer V cortical pyramidal neurons in the epileptic mutant mouse stargazer

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 621-631

  Pasquale, Eric D I ^a   Keegan, Karl D ^a   Noebels, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DEPOLARIZATION; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MUTANT; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0031030035     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.2.621     Document Type: Article

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