Cellular and network properties of the subiculum in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 483, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 476-488

  Knopp, Andreas ^a   Kivi, Anatol ^a   Wozny, Christian ^a   Heinemann, Uwe ^a   Behr, Joachim ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axons; CA1; Dendrites; Hippocampus; Morphology; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PILOCARPINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEIZURE; SPIKE; STAINING; SUBICULUM; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FLUORESCEINS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LYSINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NERVE NET; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PILOCARPINE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 14644416625     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20460     Document Type: Article

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