Changes in action potential features during focal seizure discharges in the entorhinal cortex of the in vitro isolated guinea pig brain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1411-1423

  Trombin, Federica ^a   Gnatkovsky, Vadym ^a   de Curtis, Marco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracellular recordings; Phase plot analysis

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEPOLARIZATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GUINEA PIGS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052577737     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00207.2011     Document Type: Article

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