Enhanced propagation of epileptiform activity through the kindled dentate gyrus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1726-1732

  Behr, J ^a   Lyson, K J ^a,b   Mody, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031897435     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.1726     Document Type: Article

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