Optogenetic activation of superior colliculus neurons suppresses seizures originating in diverse brain networks

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 102-115

  Soper, Colin ^a   Wicker, Evan ^a   Kulick, Catherine V ^a   N'Gouemo, Prosper ^a,b   Forcelli, Patrick A ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Channelrhodopsin 2; Deep brain stimulation; Generalized epilepsy; Partial seizure; Rat; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENETICALLY EPILEPSY PRONE RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; MALE; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; THALAMUS;

EID: 84952775846     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.12.012     Document Type: Article

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