Corticothalamic 5-9 Hz oscillations are more pro-epileptogenic than sleep spindles in rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 574, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-227

  Pinault, Didier ^a   Slézia, Andrea ^a,b   Acsády, László ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROLEPTANALGESIA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULUM CELL; SLEEP SPINDLE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SPIKE AND WAVE DISCHARGE;

EID: 33745194421     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.108498     Document Type: Article

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