A possible role for gap junctions in generation of very fast EEG oscillations preceding the onset of, and perhaps initiating, seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-170

  Traub, Roger D ^a   Whittington, Miles A ^b   Buhl, Eberhard H ^b   LeBeau, Fiona E N ^b   Bibbig, Andrea ^a   Boyd, Stewart ^c   Cross, Helen ^c   Baldeweg, Torsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

100 Hz; Carbenoxolone; Cortical dysplasias; Depth recordings; Electrotonic coupling; Subdural recordings

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CARBENOXOLONE; GAP JUNCTION BLOCKING AGENT; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; METHYLAMINE; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CARBENOXOLONE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SUBDURAL SPACE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0035092183     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.26900.x     Document Type: Article

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