Hypoosmolar conditions reduce extracellular volume fraction and enhance epileptiform activity in the CA3 region of the immature rat hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-129

  Kilb, Werner ^a   Dierkes, Paul W ^b   Syková, Eva ^c,d   Vargová, Lydia ^c,d   Luhmann, Heiko J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epileptic seizure; Extracellular space; Field potential recordings; TMA; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; IONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MAGNESIUM; NEURONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33745788772     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20871     Document Type: Article

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