Responses of deep entorhinal cortex are epileptiform in an electrogenic rat model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 230-240

  Fountain, Nathan B ^a   Bear, Jonathan ^a   Bertram III, Edward H ^a   Lothman, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0031815983     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.1.230     Document Type: Article

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