Spread of low Mg2+ induced epileptiform activity from the rat entorhinal cortex to the hippocampus after kindling studied in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Behr, J ^a   Gloveli, T ^a   Gutierrez, R ^a   Heinemann, U ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Entorhinal cortex; Epileptiform activity; Field potential; Hippocampus; Low magnesium

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 85047675249     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13019-6     Document Type: Article

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