2014
Rapid Eye Movement Sleep and Hippocampal Theta Oscillations Precede Seizure Onset in the Tetanus Toxin Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Sedigh-Sarvestani M, Thuku G, Sunderam S, Parkar A, Weinstein S, Schiff S, Gluckman B. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep and Hippocampal Theta Oscillations Precede Seizure Onset in the Tetanus Toxin Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 1105-1114. PMID: 24453303, PMCID: PMC3898281, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3103-13.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid eye movement (REM) sleepNonrapid eye movement sleepEye movement sleepHippocampal theta rhythmState of vigilanceTemporal lobe epilepsyMovement sleepSeizure onsetLobe epilepsySeizure susceptibilityTheta rhythmChronic spontaneous seizuresNatural behavioral statesTetanus toxin modelHalf of baselineSpontaneous seizuresSeizure rateVentral hippocampusToxin modelSeizuresSurvival analysisTetanus toxinTherapeutic potentialREM boutsProminent theta
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