title: A study of epileptogenic network structures in rat hippocampal cultures using first spike latencies during synchronization events.
abstract: Study of hypersynchronous activity is of prime importance for combating epilepsy. Studies on network structure typically reconstruct the network by measuring various aspects of the interaction between neurons and subsequently measure the properties of the reconstructed network. In sub-sampled networks such methods lead to significant errors in reconstruction. Using rat hippocampal neurons cultured on a multi-electrode array dish and a glutamate injury model of epilepsy in vitro, we studied synchronous activity in neuronal networks. Using the first spike latencies in various neurons during a network burst, we extract various recurring spatio-temporal onset patterns in the networks. Comparing the patterns seen in control and injured networks, we observe that injured networks express a wide diversity in their foci (origin) and activation pattern, while control networks show limited diversity. Furthermore, we note that onset patterns in glutamate injured networks show a positive correlation between synchronization delay and physical distance between neurons, while control networks do not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Communication, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India. mohanr@ece.iisc.ernet.in
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raghavan
authors.forename: Bharadwaj
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amrutur
authors.forename: Kalyan V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: Sujit K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sikdar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid