Aberrant neuronal avalanches in cortical tissue removed from juvenile epilepsy patients

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 380-386

  Hobbs, Jon P ^a   Smith, Jodi L ^b   Beggs, John M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Cortex; Epilepsy; In vitro; Multiple electrode array; Neural network; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CHILD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650512913     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181fdf8d3     Document Type: Review

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