Recurrent excitatory connectivity in the dentate gyrus of kindled and kainic acid-treated rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 693-704

  Lynch, Michael ^a   Sutula, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0033975195     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.2.693     Document Type: Article

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