Epileptic neurons induce augmenting synaptic depolarizations in non- epileptic neurons (buccal ganglia; Helix pomatia)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 101-104

  Wiemann, Martin ^a   Altrup, Ulrich ^a   Speckmann, Erwin Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Establishment of loci; Helix pomatia; Identified neurons; Pentylentetrazol; Spread of epileptic activity; Transmitted epileptic activity

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HELIX POMATIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONVULSANTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HELIX (SNAILS); MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031438064     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00818-5     Document Type: Article

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