Interictal spikes precede ictal discharges in an organotypic hippocampal slice culture model of epileptogenesis

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 418-424

  Dyhrfjeld Johnsen, J ^a,b   Berdichevsky, Y ^a,b   Swiercz, W ^a,b   Sabolek, H ^a,b   Staley, K J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epileptogenesis; Growth medium; Ictal discharges; Interictal spikes; Organotypic hippocampal slices; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SLICE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650513991     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181fe0709     Document Type: Review

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