Intracellular recordings in thalamic neurones during spontaneous spike and wave discharges in rats with absence epilepsy

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 509, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 449-456

  Pinault, Didier ^c   Leresche, Nathalie ^a   Charpier, Stéphane ^a   Deniau, Jean Michel ^a   Marescaux, Christian ^c   Vergnes, Marguerite ^c   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION;

ABSENCE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; THALAMUS; ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL POLARITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; IN VIVO STUDY; INBRED STRAIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; STEADY STATE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

EID: 0032102921     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.449bn.x     Document Type: Article

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