Lamotrigine reduces voltage-gated sodium currents in rat central neurons in culture

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 522-525

  Zona, Cristina ^a   Avoli, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Granule cells; Lamotrigine; Rat; Sodium currents

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030917687     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01135.x     Document Type: Article

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