2021
Spreading depression as an innate antiseizure mechanism
Tamim I, Chung D, de Morais A, Loonen I, Qin T, Misra A, Schlunk F, Endres M, Schiff S, Ayata C. Spreading depression as an innate antiseizure mechanism. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 2206. PMID: 33850125, PMCID: PMC8044138, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22464-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal neocortical seizuresSystemic kainic acidCentral nervous systemVivo mouse modelAntiseizure mechanismsAntiseizure effectsSeizure generalizationFocal seizuresSD occurrenceNeocortical seizuresKainic acidBrain injuryMouse modelNervous systemSeizuresNeurological disordersProlonged depolarizationSDDepressionBicucullineMigraineInjury
2012
Seizures as imbalanced up states: excitatory and inhibitory conductances during seizure-like events
Žiburkus J, Cressman J, Schiff S. Seizures as imbalanced up states: excitatory and inhibitory conductances during seizure-like events. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2012, 109: 1296-1306. PMID: 23221405, PMCID: PMC3602838, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00232.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeizure-like eventsO-LM cellsPyramidal cellsInhibitory conductanceOriens-lacunosum moleculare (O-LM) interneuronsNeuronal network hyperexcitabilityExcitability of interneuronsCA1 pyramidal cellsInhibitory synaptic conductancesNetwork hyperexcitabilityRecurrent seizuresMoleculare interneuronsSeizure initiationNeural network activityRat hippocampusExtracellular magnesiumSynaptic barragesFiring patternsSeizuresExcitatoryCellular subtypesSynaptic conductancesInterneuronsNetwork activityCell types
2002
Decreased Neuronal Synchronization during Experimental Seizures
Netoff T, Schiff S. Decreased Neuronal Synchronization during Experimental Seizures. Journal Of Neuroscience 2002, 22: 7297-7307. PMID: 12177225, PMCID: PMC6757884, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07297.2002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research