Far field effects of seizure like events induced by application of 4-AP in combined entorhinal cortex hippocampal slices

Brain Research

Volumn 956, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 173-177

  Breustedt, Jörg ^a   Gloveli, Tengis ^a   Heinemann, Uwe ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 AP; Entorhinal cortex; Epilepsy; Far field effect; Hippocampus; Slow field potential

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TISSUE SLICE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0037159621     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03541-2     Document Type: Article

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