Cellular mechanisms underlying antiepileptic effects of low- and high-frequency electrical stimulation in acute epilepsy in neocortical brain slices in vitro

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1887-1902

  Schiller, Yitzhak ^a,b   Bankirer, Yael ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEIZURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WAVEFORM;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947183291     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00514.2006     Document Type: Article

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