2013
Synchronization and desynchronization in epilepsy: controversies and hypotheses
Jiruska P, de Curtis M, Jefferys J, Schevon C, Schiff S, Schindler K. Synchronization and desynchronization in epilepsy: controversies and hypotheses. The Journal Of Physiology 2013, 591: 787-797. PMID: 23184516, PMCID: PMC3591697, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.239590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronal firingPathophysiology of epilepsyFunctional brain disordersEnd of seizureEpileptiform phenomenaLocal field potentialsLarge neuronal populationsNeuronal populationsNon-firing neuronsBrain disordersSeizuresSpecific inhibitoryEpilepsyExcitatory interactionsNeuronal networksRecent evidenceField potentialsHypersynchronous statesExcessive synchronizationFiring
2009
Seizure entrainment with polarizing low-frequency electric fields in a chronic animal epilepsy model
Sunderam S, Chernyy N, Peixoto N, Mason J, Weinstein S, Schiff S, Gluckman B. Seizure entrainment with polarizing low-frequency electric fields in a chronic animal epilepsy model. Journal Of Neural Engineering 2009, 6: 046009. PMID: 19602730, PMCID: PMC3057918, DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/4/046009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsField postsynaptic potentialsAnimal epilepsy modelsNeural activitySimultaneous recordingSpontaneous seizuresHippocampal epilepsyVentral hippocampusEpilepsy modelLocal field potentialsPostsynaptic potentialsNeuronal excitabilityNeuronal activityModulatory effectsAnimal modelsSeizuresStatistical significanceStimulationField potentialsMultiple presentationsAnimalsCharacteristic patternEpilepsyHippocampusRecordingsExcitability