On the cellular and network bases of epileptic seizures

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2001, Pages 815-846

  McCormick, D A ^a   Contreras, D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Rhythms; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 0035044178     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.63.1.815     Document Type: Review

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