Felbamate inhibits cloned voltage-dependent Na+ channels from human and rat brain

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 316, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 373-377

  Taglialatela, Maurizio ^a   Ongini, Ennio ^b   Brown, Arthur M ^c   Di Renzo, Gianfranco ^a   Annunziato, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Schering Plough Research Institute   (Italy)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic; Felbamate; Na+ channel; Voltage dependent

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FELBAMATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OOCYTES; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0030571493     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00802-3     Document Type: Article

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