Cellular mechanisms underlying spontaneous interictal spikes in an acute model of focal cortical epileptogenesis

Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-117

  De Curtis, M ^a   Radici, C ^a   Forti, M ^a  

^a Ist Naz Neurologico Via C ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Epileptogenesis; Interictal spikes; Intracellular recordings; Isolated brain preparation; Piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SPIKE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; LIDOCAINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032889601     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00201-2     Document Type: Article

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