Initiation, propagation, and termination of epileptiform activity in rodent neocortex in vitro involve distinct mechanisms

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 8131-8140

  Pinto, David J ^a,b   Patrick, Saundra L ^a   Huang, Wendy C ^a   Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity waves; Electrical stimulation; Epileptiform; Picrotoxin; Slice; Somatosensory cortex; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXCITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 24744449310     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2278-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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