An Excitatory Loop with Astrocytes Contributes to Drive Neurons to Seizure Threshold

Long-term potentiation depends on release of d-serine from astrocytes

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Blood–brain barrier breakdown-inducing astrocytic transformation: Novel targets for the prevention of epilepsy

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Fast activity at seizure onset is mediated by inhibitory circuits in the entorhinal cortex in vitro

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Two Forms of Astrocyte Calcium Excitability Have Distinct Effects on NMDA Receptor-Mediated Slow Inward Currents in Pyramidal Neurons

(2008) E. Shigetomi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Astrocytes in the Epileptic Brain

(2008) Jonathon Wetherington et al.   NEURON

Tuned Responses of Astrocytes and Their Influence on Hemodynamic Signals in the Visual Cortex

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Acute induction of epileptiform discharges by pilocarpine in the in vitro isolated guinea-pig brain requires enhancement of blood–brain barrier permeability

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