Network hyperexcitability within the deep layers of the pilocarpine-treated rat entorhinal cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1867-1883

  De Guzman, Philip ^a   Inaba, Yuji ^a   Baldelli, Enrica ^b   De Curtis, Marco ^c   Biagini, Giuseppe ^b   Avoli, Massimo ^a,d,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (3 PHOSPHONOPROPYL) 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; IFENPRODIL; PARVALBUMIN; PILOCARPINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ADULT; CORTEX LAYER V; EPILEPTIC STATE; FIRING RATE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; REVERSAL POTENTIAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 45549094358     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.146159     Document Type: Article

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