Residual granule cells can maintain susceptibility of CA3 pyramidal cells to kainate-induced epileptiform discharges

Hippocampus

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 548-561

  Czéh, Boldizsár ^a   Seress, László ^a,b   Czéh, Gábor ^b,c  

^a Institute of Physiology   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; In vitro slices; Kainic acid; Paroxysmal activity; X ray irradiation

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; HISTOLOGY; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; Q WAVE; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; X IRRADIATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; KAINIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0031760895     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1998)8:5<548::AID-HIPO12>3.3.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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