Depolarization block of neurons during maintenance of electrographic seizures

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2402-2408

  Bikson, Marom ^a   Hahn, Philip J ^b   Fox, John E ^a   Jefferys, John G R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; VERATRIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 0142059015     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00467.2003     Document Type: Article

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