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ArticleFrontiers in neural circuits2019

Inhibitory Network Bistability Explains Increased Interneuronal Activity Prior to Seizure Onset.

Scott Rich, Homeira Moradi Chameh, Marjan Rafiee, Katie Ferguson, Frances K Skinner, Taufik A Valiante

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Article in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers.

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6 authors.

Scott RichDivision of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Homeira Moradi ChamehDivision of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Marjan RafieeDivision of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Katie FergusonDivision of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Frances K SkinnerDivision of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Taufik A ValianteDivision of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent experimental literature has revealed that GABAergic interneurons exhibit increased activity prior to seizure onset, alongside additional evidence that such activity is synchronous and may arise abruptly. These findings have led some to hypothesize that this interneuronal activity may serve a causal role in driving the sudden change in brain activity that heralds seizure onset. However, the mechanisms predisposing an inhibitory network toward increased activity, specifically prior to ictogenesis, without a permanent change to inputs to the system remain unknown. We address this question by comparing simulated inhibitory networks containing control interneurons and networks containing hyperexcitable interneurons modeled to mimic treatment with 4-Aminopyridine (4-AP), an agent commonly used to model seizures

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Computer SimulationAnimalsInterneuronsMiceMice, TransgenicNerve NetNeural InhibitionOptogeneticsSeizuresSomatosensory Cortexbistabilitycomputational neuroscienceepilepsyinhibitory networkinterneuronsseizuresynchrony

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PMID32009908
PMCPMC6972503

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