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
1988
Reversible Synaptic Blockade Caused by Hypoxia of Moderate Degree in Hippocampal Tissues Slices
Schiff S, Somjen G. Reversible Synaptic Blockade Caused by Hypoxia of Moderate Degree in Hippocampal Tissues Slices. Advances In Behavioral Biology 1988, 35: 175-182. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5562-5_20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArtificial cerebrospinal fluidHypoxic episodesIschemic brain infarctsModerate hypoxic episodesOrthodromic population spikesReversible synaptic blockadeExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsInterstitial potassium concentrationAfferent fiber volleysHippocampal tissue slicesImpairment of membraneTissue slicesPosthypoxic hyperexcitabilityBrain infarctsSynaptic blockadePopulation spikesReadmission of oxygenFiber volleyPostsynaptic potentialsCA1 regionPyramidal cellsRat hippocampusSynaptic transmissionCerebrospinal fluidCalcium levels
1985
The effects of temperature on synaptic transmission in hippocampal tissue slices
Schiff S, Somjen G. The effects of temperature on synaptic transmission in hippocampal tissue slices. Brain Research 1985, 345: 279-284. PMID: 2994845, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)91004-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research