Involvement of Ca2+ Channels in Abnormal Excitability of Hippocampal CA3 Pyramidal Cells in Noda Epileptic Rats

• Main Authors: Yoshihiro Kiura (Author), Ryosuke Hanaya (Author), Tadao Serikawa (Author), Kaoru Kurisu (Author), Norio Sakai (Author), Masashi Sasa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Noda epileptic rat (NER) is a mutant rat, which spontaneously exhibits a tonic-clonic convulsion from 14 weeks of age. An intracellular recording study was performed to elucidate the abnormal excitability of NER hippocampal CA3 neurons. The recorded neurons were classified into two groups, group A a...