2001
ON THE CELLULAR AND NETWORK BASES OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
McCormick D, Contreras D. ON THE CELLULAR AND NETWORK BASES OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURES. Annual Review Of Physiology 2001, 63: 815-846. PMID: 11181977, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.63.1.815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral cortexEpileptic seizuresSynchronized burstsRhythmic burst dischargesSpike-wave activityIntrinsic membrane propertiesForm of seizuresPeriod of hyperpolarizationLoss of balanceRecurrent excitatory connectionsEpileptic syndromesSeizure dischargesPyramidal neuronsTonic depolarizationEpileptiform activitySeizure generationBurst dischargesInhibitory neuronsInhibitory influenceInterictal spikesNormal brain rhythmsSynaptic plasticityAction potentialsSeizuresMammalian forebrain
1993
Thalamocortical Oscillations in the Sleeping and Aroused Brain
Steriade M, McCormick D, Sejnowski T. Thalamocortical Oscillations in the Sleeping and Aroused Brain. Science 1993, 262: 679-685. PMID: 8235588, DOI: 10.1126/science.8235588.Peer-Reviewed Original Research