Epileptiform ictal discharges are prevented by periodic interictal spiking in the olfactory cortex

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 382-389

  Librizzi, Laura ^a   De Curtis, Marco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; GUINEA PIGS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037371375     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10471     Document Type: Article

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