A brief period of epileptiform activity strengthens excitatory synapses in the rat hippocampus in vitro

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-256

  Debanne, Dominique ^a,b,d   Thompson, Scott M ^a,c   Gähwiler, Beat H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Potentiation; Synapse; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE METHOCHLORIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33645293721     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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