An in vitro electrophysiological study on the effects of phenytoin, lamotrigine and gabapentin on striatal neurons

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 689-696

  Calabresi, P ^a   Centonze, D ^a   Marfia, G A ^a   Pisani, A ^a   Bernardi, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Excitatory amino acids; Intracellular recordings; Striatum; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETIC ACIDS; ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PHENYTOIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0033014517     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702361     Document Type: Article

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