Gap junctions, fast oscillations and the initiation of seizures

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 548, Issue , 2004, Pages 110-122

  Traub, Roger D ^a   Michelson Law, Hillary ^a   Bibbig, Andrea E J ^a   Buhl, Eberhard H ^b   Whittington, Miles A ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3242781696     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-6376-8_9     Document Type: Review

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