Chronic epileptogenesis requires development of a network of pathologically interconnected neuron clusters: A hypothesis

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2000, Pages

  Bragin, A ^a,b   Wilson, C L ^a,b   Engel Jr , J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chronic epilepsy; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Human; KA model; Rats; Unit activity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KINDLING; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0033821370     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb01573.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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