Propagation of epileptiform activity can be independent of synaptic transmission, gap junctions, or diffusion and is consistent with electrical field transmission

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1409-1419

  Zhang, Mingming ^a   Ladas, Thomas P ^a   Qiu, Chen ^a   Shivacharan, Rajat S ^a   Gonzalez Reyes, Luis E ^a   Durand, Dominique M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Electric field; Epileptiform; Hippocampus; Neural; Propagation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EPILEPTIFORM; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURAL; PROPAGATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEIZURES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84892775487     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3877-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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