Knock-out mice reveal a critical antiepileptic role for neuropeptide Y

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 8927-8936

  Baraban, Scott C ^a,c   Hollopeter, Gunther ^a   Erickson, Jay C ^a   Schwartzkroin, Philip A ^a,b   Palmiter, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Homologous recombination; Mouse; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DEATH; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPORTER GENE; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030719487     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-23-08927.1997     Document Type: Article

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