Fiber tract stimulation can reduce epileptiform activity in an in-vitro bilateral hippocampal slice preparation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-43

  Toprani, Sheela ^a,b   Durand, Dominique M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Seizure reduction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; LOW FREQUENCY STIMULATION; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERAPY EFFECT; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPAL COMMISSURE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84870926438     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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