Can GABAa conductances explain the fast oscillation frequency of absence seizures in rodents?

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2175-2181

  Destexhe, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational models; Cortex; Epilepsy; GABAB; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEIZURE; THALAMUS; ABSENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RODENTIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032589257     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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