Decreased 45Ca2+ uptake in P/Q-type calcium channels in homozygous lethargic (Cacnb4(lh)) mice is associated with increased β3 and decreased β4 calcium channel subunit mRNA expression

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Lin, Fu hsiung ^a   Barun, Süreyya ^a   M Lutz, Cathleen ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Hosford, David A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence seizure; Lethargic (lh lh) mouse; P Q channel; Voltage dependent calcium channel; 3 Subunit; 4 Subunit

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM 45; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; CACNB4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CALCIUM;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETHARGY; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; EPILEPSY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032991170     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00141-2     Document Type: Article

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