Astrocytes from human hippocampal epileptogenic foci exhibit action potential-like responses

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-354

  O'Connor, Edward R ^a   Sontheimer, Harald ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a   De Lanerolle, Nihal C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Na+ channels; Neuroglia; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031944112     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01386.x     Document Type: Article

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