Persistent changes in action potential broadening and the slow afterhyperpolarization in rat CA1 pyramidal cells after febrile seizures

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2230-2234

  Kamal, Amer ^a   Notenboom, Robbert G E ^a   De Graan, Pierre N E ^a   Ramakers, Geert M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Hyperexcitability; Hyperpolarization activated current; Hyperthermia; Seizure susceptibility

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEVER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 33645988192     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04732.x     Document Type: Article

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