Table 4.

Propagation speed for activity conducted by ionic diffusion in hippocampus

Type of activity	Tissue preparation	Speed (m/s)	Reference
Spontaneous and evoked seizure-like events related to K+ diffusion	Transverse slices	From 0.00044 to 0.0042	Konnerth et al., 1986
Seizure-like events related to K+ diffusion	Hippocampal cortex slice	From 0.0018 to 0.0083	Weissinger et al., 2000
Low-Ca2+ bursting corresponding to K+ diffusion	Transverse slices	From 0.00068 to 0.00282	Lian et al., 2001
Potassium wave propagation velocity	Transverse slices	0.001	Durand et al., 2010