Propagation of seizure-like activity in a model of neocortex

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-188

  Van Drongelen, Wim ^a   Lee, Hyong C ^a   Stevens, Rick L ^a,b   Hereld, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Epilepsy; Ictal activity; Neocortex; Neocortical microcircuitry; Seizure propagation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; OSCILLATION; SEIZURE;

EID: 84984552658     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e318039b4de     Document Type: Conference Paper

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