Slow hyperpolarization in cortical neurons: A possible mechanism behind vagus nerve simulation therapy for refractory epilepsy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1382-1389

  Zagon, Aniko ^a   Kemeny, Andras A ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neocortex; Rat; Slow hyperpolarization; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033755854     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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