Optogenetic induced epileptiform activity in a model human cortex
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Optogenetic induced epileptiform activity in a model human cortex
BACKGROUND Cortical stimulation plays an important role in the study of epileptic seizures. We present a numerical simulation of stimulation using optogenetic channels expressed by excitatory cells in a mean field model of the human cortex. FINDINGS Depolarising excitatory cells in a patch of model cortex using Channelrhodpsin-2 (ChR2) ion channels, we are able to hyper-excite a normally func...
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عنوان ژورنال: SpringerPlus
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2193-1801
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-0836-7