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Generation and On-Demand Initiation of Acute Ictal Activity in Rodent and Human Tissue
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1Division of Fundamental Neurobiology,Krembil Research Institute, 2Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine,University of Toronto, 3Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering,University of Toronto, 4Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery,University of Toronto, 5Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine,University of Toronto, 6Department of Physiology,University of Toronto
Chapters
- 00:04Title
- 00:46Preparation of Cortical Slices from the Somatosensory-motor Cortex
- 02:40Electrophysiological Recordings of the Superficial Cortical Layer and Seizure Induction
- 04:43Results: Acute In Vitro 4-AP Cortical Seizure Model and Ictal Events Generated by Optogenetics
- 06:19Conclusion
Acute seizure models are important for studying the mechanisms underlying epileptiform events. Furthermore, the ability to generate epileptiform events on-demand provides a highly efficient method to study the exact sequence of events underlying their initiation. Here, we describe the acute 4-aminopyridine cortical seizure models established in mouse and human tissue.
