Hippocampal neuron firing and local field potentials in the in vitro 4-aminopyridine epilepsy model

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2568-2580

  Gonzalez Sulser, Alfredo ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a   Queenan, Bridget N ^a,b   Avoli, Massimo ^c   Vicini, Stefano ^a,b   Dzakpasu, Rhonda ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Multielectrode array; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC NEURONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 84868313403     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00363.2012     Document Type: Article

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