Mutation causing autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy alters Ca2+ permeability, conductance, and gating of human α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 9035-9047

  Kuryatov, Alexander ^a   Gerzanich, Volodymyr ^a   Nelson, Mark ^a   Olale, Felix ^a   Lindstrom, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Calcium permeability; Desensitization; Epilepsy; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Single channel

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; DESENSITIZATION; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030723590     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-23-09035.1997     Document Type: Article

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