Local circuit abnormalities in chronically epileptic rats after intrahippocampal tetanus toxin injection in infancy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-116

  Smith, Karen L ^a   Lee, Chong L ^a   Swann, John W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0031893943     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.106     Document Type: Article

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