Spontaneous sharp waves in human neocortical slices excised from epileptic patients

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1073-1087

  Köhling, Rüdiger ^a,e   Lücke, Anne ^a   Straub, Heidrun ^a   Speckmann, Erwin Josef ^a,b   Tuxhorn, Ingrid ^c   Wolf, Peter ^c   Pannek, Hans ^d   Oppel, Falk ^d  

^a Nanolab   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Exp Epilepsieforschung   (Germany)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^d Neurochirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; GABA; Glutamate; Human brain slice; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; PHENYTOIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 2642615383     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.6.1073     Document Type: Article

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