Reviews: Potassium dynamics in the epileptic cortex: New insights on an old topic

Neuroscientist

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 422-433

  Fröhlich, Flavio ^a,b   Bazhenov, Maxim ^a   Iragui Madoz, Vicente ^c,d   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Computational model; Dynamics; Epilepsy; Extracellular potassium concentration; Glia; Hippocampus; Neocortex; Tonic clonic seizures

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; POTASSIUM ION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BRAIN CORTEX; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 52649097998     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858408317955     Document Type: Review

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