Electrophysiological evidence of monosynaptic excitatory transmission between granule cells after seizure-induced mossy fiber sprouting

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2536-2547

  Scharfman, Helen E ^a,b   Sollas, Anne L ^a   Berger, Russell E ^a   Goodman, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0142059006     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00251.2003     Document Type: Article

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