A brief history on the oscillating roles of thalamus and cortex in absence seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 779-789

  Avoli, Massimo ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absences; Cerebral cortex; Generalized spike and wave discharges; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR;

ABSENCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOREBRAIN; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC MODEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PETIT MAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MICE; THALAMUS;

EID: 84860688751     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03421.x     Document Type: Review

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