“…The neurons of Helix land snails have been used frequently to studying the mechanisms underlying drug-induced epileptic-like activity (Speckmann and Caspers, 1973;Altrup and Speckmann, 1988;Madeja et al, 1989;Altrup et al, 1991;Altrup et al, 2003;Altrup et al, 2006;Üre and Altrup, 2006), mimicking those described in mammalian neurons (Chalazonitis and Takeuchi, 1968;Speckmann and Caspers, 1973). More recently the isolated Helix neurons have also been used to study the effects of the drug-induced epileptiform activity on basal synaptic transmission and post-tetanic potentiation .…”