Inhibition of rat hippocampal excitability by the plant alkaloid 3-acetylaconitine mediated by interaction with voltage-dependent sodium channels

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 355, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-280

  Ameri, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Acetylaconitine; Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

3 ACETYLACONITINE; ALKALOID; BICUCULLINE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXCITABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT;

ACONITINE; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0031022069     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004943     Document Type: Article

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