Synaptic strength modulation after cortical trauma: A role in epileptogenesis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 6760-6772

  Avramescu, Sinziana ^a   Timofeev, Igor ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical trauma; Epilepsy; Homeostatic plasticity; In vivo; Intrinsic excitability; Synaptic efficacy

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEIZURE; SPIKE; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; SYNAPSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODEL; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INJURY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49049118314     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0643-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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