Epileptiform burst discharges in hippocampal CA3 neurons of young but not mature Noda epileptic rats (NER)

Brain Research

Volumn 950, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 317-320

  Hanaya, Ryosuke ^a   Sasa, Masashi ^a   Kiura, Yoshihiro ^a   Ishihara, Kumatoshi ^b   Serikawa, Tadao ^c   Kurisu, Kaoru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal excitement; CA3 neuron; Development; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Noda epileptic rat (NER)

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MATURITY; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037144157     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03195-5     Document Type: Article

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