Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Optogenetic dissection of ictal propagation in the hippocampal–entorhinal cortex structures

  • Yi Lu,
  • Cheng Zhong,
  • Lulu Wang,
  • Pengfei Wei,
  • Wei He,
  • Kang Huang,
  • Yi Zhang,
  • Yang Zhan,
  • Guoping Feng,
  • Liping Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10962
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The network mechanism supporting seizure spread in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is only partially understood. Using optogenetic methods, Lu et al.identify a feed-forward propagation pathway of ictal discharges from the dentate gyrus/hilus to the medial entorhinal cortex in a mouse model of TLE.