Electrophysiologic changes in the lateral and basal amygdaloid nuclei in temporal lobe epilepsy: An in vitro study in epileptic rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-281

  Niittykoski, M ^a   Nissinen, J ^a   Penttonen, M ^a   Pitkanen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Amygdala; Epileptiform activity; Extracellular; Slice; Spontaneous seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 1242294531     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.11.027     Document Type: Article

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