Pattern and pharmacology of propagating epileptiform activity in mouse cerebral cortex

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-122

  Alefeld, Michael ^a   Sutor, Bernd ^b   Luhmann, Heiko J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HT(1A) receptor; AMPA receptor; Bicuculline; Cromakalim; Epilepsy; Extracellular recordings; Mouse; Neocortical slice; NMDA receptor; Propagation

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CROMAKALIM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031711885     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6837     Document Type: Article

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