Increased pyramidal excitability and NMDA conductance can explain posttraumatic epileptogenesis without disinhibition: A model

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1748-1758

  Bush, Paul C ^a,b   Prince, David A ^c   Miller, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032822674     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.4.1748     Document Type: Article

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