Network and pharmacological mechanisms leading to epileptiform synchronization in the limbic system in vitro

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-207

  Avoli, Massimo ^a,b   D'Antuono, Margherita ^b   Louvel, Jacques ^c   Köhling, Rüdiger ^d   Biagini, Giuseppe ^e   Pumain, René ^c   D'Arcangelo, Giovanna ^f   Tancredi, Virginia ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c CENTRE PAUL BROCA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3 (2 CARBOXYPIPERAZIN 4 YL)PROPYL 1 PHOSPHONATE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CONVULSANT AGENT; DIAZEPAM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PENTOBARBITAL; PILOCARPINE; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL ACTIVATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0036809284     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(02)00077-1     Document Type: Review

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