Initiation of Spontaneous Epileptiform Events in the Rat Neocortex in Vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 934-945

  Ma, Hong Tao ^a,b   Wu, Cai Hong ^b   Wu, Jian Young ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; DYE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

EID: 0842327842     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00274.2003     Document Type: Article

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