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Afterdischarge Thresholds and Kindling Rates in Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampus and Dentate Gyrus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Ronald Racine ,
Patty A. Rose  and
W. M. Burnham
Ronald Racine*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Patty A. Rose
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
W. M. Burnham
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
*
Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
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Electrodes were implanted into dorsal hippocampus (CAI), ventral CAI, dorsal dentate gyrus or ventral dentate gyrus. Epileptiform afterdisvharge (AD) thresholds were lower in dorsal areas than in ventral areas. Dorsal areas, however, required a greater number of stimulations to develop (“kindle”) a fully generalized convulsion than did ventral areas. Thresholds and kindling rates in the dentate gyrus were intermediate between dorsal and ventral CAI, except for the ventral dentate which had higher AD thresholds than ventral CAI.

Secondary sites within the hippocampus subsequently kindled within a few stimulations following completion of kindling in the primary site, regardless of which hippocampal area served as the primary site.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1977 , pp. 273 - 278
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1977

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