Physiological and pharmacological alterations in postsynaptic GABA(A) receptor function in a hippocampal culture model of chronic spontaneous seizures

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2139-2152

  Gibbs III, John W ^a   Sombati, Sompong ^a   Delorenzo, Robert J ^a   Coulter, Douglas A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030949817     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.4.2139     Document Type: Article

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