Emergent epileptiform activity in neural networks with weak excitatory synapses

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 236-241

  Van Drongelen, Wim ^a   Lee, Hyong C ^a   Hereld, Mark ^b,c   Chen, Zheyan ^a   Elsen, Frank P ^a   Stevens, Rick L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neocortex; Neural modeling

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR BURSTING; EPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RHYTHMIC DISCHARGE;

BRAIN MODELS;

ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXCITATORY SYNAPSE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84984550291     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2005.847387     Document Type: Article

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