Seizure abatement with single dc pulses: Is phase resetting at play?

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Osorio, Ivan ^a,b   Frei, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Flint Hills Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatement; DC pulse; Phase resetting; Rhythmicity index; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT; DC PULSE; PHASE RESETTING; RHYTHMICITY INDEX; SEIZURES;

RAILROAD CARS;

LOCOMOTIVES;

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; CONVULSANT AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68149156034     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129065709001926     Document Type: Article

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