Spontaneous excitatory currents and κ-opioid receptor inhibition in dentate gyrus are increased in the rat pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1860-1868

  Simmons, Michele L ^a   Terman, Gregory W ^b   Chavkin, Charles ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030799292     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.4.1860     Document Type: Article

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