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Brain Research

Volume 454, Issues 1–2, 28 June 1988, Pages 251-263
Brain Research

The role of the pyriform cortex in the generation of interictal spikes in the kindled preparation

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Abstract

The development of interictal spikes (IIS) was monitored during amygdala or pyriform cortex kindling in a series of 4 experiments. It was found that (1) spike-like transients were often present in the pyriform cortex EEG before kindling had begun; (2) these transients developed progressively into large amplitude and complex IIS as kindling proceeded; (3) the pyriform cortex IIS continued to show the greatest proportion of earliest onset spikes in most animals after kindling was completed; (4) other sites (including the ventral, but not the dorsal hippocampus) gradually developed the capacity to generate IIS as kindling progressed; (5) although specific sites within the pyriform cortex may serve as a generator, their location along the longitudinal axis of the pyriform lobe varied from animal to animal (and did not appear to depend upon the location of the kindling electrode); (6) although there often appeared to be 2 spike types, based on the polarity of the first component, there were also transitional waveforms, raising the possibility that they were variations on a single spike type, and (7) the IIS often preceded, usually in the pyriform cortex, by reliable pre-spike events (smaller spikes or a ‘ripple’ on the EEG).

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