An Excitatory Loop with Astrocytes Contributes to Drive Neurons to Seizure Threshold

Studies in rodent brain slices suggest that seizures in focal epilepsies are sustained and propagated by the reciprocal interaction between neurons and astroglial cells

• Publication year

  2010

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  PLoS Biology

• Publication date

  2010-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000352PMID 20405049PMCID 2854117
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