Antisense oligonucleotide to GABA(A) receptor γ2 subunit induces limbic status epilepticus

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 863-869

  Karle, Jesper ^a,b   Woldbye, David P D ^c   Elster, Lisbeth ^d   Diemer, Nils H ^c   Bolwig, Tom G ^a   Olsen, Richard W ^e   Nielsen, Mogens ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Sct Hans Hospital   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine receptor; Electroencephalography; Hippocampus; Rat; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; DIAZEPAM; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0032534626     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19981215)54:6<863::AID-JNR14>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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