Up and Down States of Cortical Neurons in Focal Limbic Seizures
Yue Z, Freedman IG, Vincent P, Andrews JP, Micek C, Aksen M, Martin R, Zuckerman D, Perrenoud Q, Neske GT, Sieu LA, Bo X, Cardin JA, Blumenfeld H. Up and Down States of Cortical Neurons in Focal Limbic Seizures. Cerebral Cortex 2019, 30: 3074-3086. PMID: 31800015, PMCID: PMC7197089, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal limbic seizuresDeep anesthesiaLimbic seizuresCortical neuronsVivo whole-cell recordingsDepressed cortical functionInput resistanceNeocortical slow wavesSubcortical arousal systemsLoss of consciousnessWhole-cell recordingsCortical-subcortical networksSeizure propagationMembrane potentialRat modelCortical functionTemporal lobeSeizuresCortical arousalExtracellular recordingsElectrophysiological propertiesCortical electrophysiologyFiring rateAnesthesiaArousal system