The role of inhibition in epileptic networks

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 227-234

  Trevelyan, Andrew J ^a   Muldoon, Sarah F ^b,c   Merricks, Edward M ^a   Racca, Claudia ^a   Staley, Kevin J ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chloride; epilepsy; GABA; interneuron; seizure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC NETWORK; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GAMMA RHYTHM; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CLASSIFICATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 84930334941     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000160     Document Type: Review

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