Mechanisms of the paroxysmal afterdischarge.

• Main Author: Pinsky, Carl.
• Other Authors: Burns, B. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1961
• Subjects: Physiology.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=113491

This work was originally undertaken to establish whether there are cells in the cerebral cortex which repolarize at different rates along their length during recovery from a discharge. This property of cortical cells was suggested by the fact that many responses to electrical stimulation of the cerebral cortex could be accounted for by the presence of such differentially-repolarizing cells in the cortex. Of these responses the paroxysmal or epileptiform afterdischarge caused by strong repetitive stimulation of the cerebral cortex seemed a likely candidate for investigation.