Physiological analysis of Rasmussen's encephalitis: Patch clamp recordings of altered inhibitory neurotransmitter function in resected frontal cortical tissue

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-27

  Gibbs III, John W ^b   Morton, Lawrence D ^a,b   Amaker, Barbara ^b   Ward, John D ^a,b   Holloway, Kathryn L ^a,b   Coulter, Douglas A ^a,b  

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

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Epilepsy; GABA(A) receptor; Rasmussen's encephalitis; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; AUTOANTIBODY; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLONAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0031799262     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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