In vitro ictogenesis and parahippocampal networks in a rodent model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 372-380

  Panuccio, G ^a   D'Antuono, M ^a   de Guzman, P ^a   De Lannoy, L ^a   Biagini, G ^b   Avoli, M ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Amygdala; CA3; Hippocampus; Ictogenesis; Pilocarpine; Subiculum; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; PILOCARPINE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 77954956187     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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