Levetiracetam (ucb LO59) affects in vitro models of epilepsy in CA3 pyramidal neurons without altering normal synaptic transmission

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 356, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 611-618

  Birnstiel, Susanne ^a   Wülfert, Ernst ^a,b   Beck, Sheryl G ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; EPSP; GABA; Hippocampus; IPSP; NMDA; Rat

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; ETIRACETAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BICUCULLINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIRACETAM; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030682180     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005097     Document Type: Article

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