Dentate filter function is altered in a proepileptic fashion during aging

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1964-1978

  Patrylo, Peter R ^a   Tyagi, Isha ^a   Willingham, Amy L ^a   Lee, Sung ^b   Williamson, Anne ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Epileptogenic; Granule cells; Hippocampal slice; Inhibition; Synaptic reorganization

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR LAYER;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; WET DOG SHAKES;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35148825556     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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