A new experimental model of focal seizures in the entorhinal cortex

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1493-1502

  Losi, Gabriele ^a   Cammarota, Mario ^a   Chiavegato, Angela ^a   Gomez Gonzalo, Marta ^a   Carmignoto, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium; Entorhinal cortex; Epileptogenesis; NMDA; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77955312853     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02472.x     Document Type: Article

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