Prolonged field potentials evoked by 1 Hz stimulation in the dentate gyrus of temporal lobe epileptic human brain slices

LM Masukawa, H Wang, MJ O'Connor, K Uruno - Brain research, 1996 - Elsevier
An abnormal electrophysiological response in brain slices of the dentate gyrus from biopsy
material from patients surgicially treated for intractable epilepsy (46 57), exhibited …

Contribution of intralaminar thalamic nuclei to spike‐and‐wave‐discharges during spontaneous seizures in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy

T Seidenbecher, HC Pape - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In an epileptic rat model of generalized absence epilepsies, the genetic absence epilepsy
rats from Strasbourg (GAERS), simultaneous recordings of bilateral epidural …

Laminar analysis of initiation and spread of epileptiform discharges in three in vitro models

S Borbély, K Halasy, Z Somogyvári, L Détári… - Brain research bulletin, 2006 - Elsevier
Overexcitation of neuronal networks in some forebrain structures and pathological
synchronization of neuronal activity play crucial role in epileptic seizures. Seizure activity …

Kindling induces transient NMDA receptor–mediated facilitation of high-frequency input in the rat dentate gyrus

J Behr, U Heinemann, I Mody - Journal of Neurophysiology, 2001 - journals.physiology.org
To elucidate the gating mechanism of the epileptic dentate gyrus on seizure-like input, we
investigated dentate gyrus field potentials and granule cell excitatory postsynaptic potentials …

Two-dimensional current source density analysis of propagation delays for components of epileptiform bursts in rat hippocampal slices

JL Novak, BC Wheeler - Brain research, 1989 - Elsevier
Recordings of epileptiform burst activity in the CA1 region of the transverse rat hippocampal
slices were made with a 32-channel surface electrode array. The 200 μm interelectrode …

Spreading convulsions, spreading depolarization and epileptogenesis in human cerebral cortex

JP Dreier, S Major, HW Pannek, J Woitzik, M Scheel… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Spreading depolarization of cells in cerebral grey matter is characterized by massive ion
translocation, neuronal swelling and large changes in direct current-coupled voltage …

Localized excitatory synaptic interactions mediate the sustained depolarization of electrographic seizures in developing hippocampus

JW Swann, KL Smith, RJ Brady - Journal of Neuroscience, 1993 - Soc Neuroscience
Repetitive synchronized neuronal discharging that lasts for seconds and even minutes in in
vitro brain slice preparations are important new models in experimental epilepsy. In …

Hippocampal neuron firing and local field potentials in the in vitro 4-aminopyridine epilepsy model

A Gonzalez-Sulser, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Excessive synchronous neuronal activity is a defining feature of epileptic activity. We
previously characterized the properties of distinct glutamatergic and GABAergic …

Periodicity and directionality in the propagation of epileptiform discharges across neocortex

RD Chervin, PA Pierce… - Journal of …, 1988 - journals.physiology.org
1. The horizontal propagation of epileptiform discharges has been studied in slices of
neocortex treated with high concentrations of bicuculline methiodide, an antagonist of the …

Orthogonal wave propagation of epileptiform activity in the planar mouse hippocampus in vitro

AB Kibler, DM Durand - Epilepsia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: In vitro brain preparations have been used extensively to study the generation and
propagation of epileptiform activity. Transverse and longitudinal slices of the rodent …