Epileptiform discharges in the human dysplastic neocortex: In vitro physiology and pharmacology

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 816-826

  Avoli, Massimo ^a,b   Bernasconi, Andrea ^a   Mattia, Donatella ^a   Olivier, André ^a   Hwa, Granger G C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PIPERAZINES;

EID: 0032710449     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199912)46:6<816::AID-ANA3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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