Mechanistic hypotheses for nonsynaptic epileptiform activity induction and its transition from the interictal to ictal state - Computational simulation

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1908-1924

  De Almeida, Antônio Carlos G ^a   Rodrigues, Antônio M ^a   Scorza, Fúlvio A ^b   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^b   Teixeira, Hewerson Z ^a   Duarte, Mário A ^a   Silveira, Gilcélio A ^a   Arruda, Emerson Z ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ictal state; Interictal state; Mathematical model; Nonsynaptic epilepsy; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); COTRANSPORTER; ION CHANNEL; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 55349147670     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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