Intrinsic excitability, synaptic potentials, and short-term plasticity in human epileptic neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 715-726

  Koch, Uwe Robert ^a   Mußhoff, Ulrich ^a   Pannek, Heinz Wolfgang ^b   Ebner, Alois ^b   Wolf, Peter ^b   Speckmann, Erwin Josef ^a   Köhling, Rüdiger ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Field potentials; Human neocortex; Neuronal excitability; Paired pulse

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 21244450736     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20498     Document Type: Article

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