Sodium bromide: Effects on different patterns of epileptiform activity, extracellular pH changes and GABAergic inhibition

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 361, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Meierkord, H ^a   Grunig F ^a   Gutschmidt, U ^a   Gutierrez, R ^b   Pfeiffer, M ^a   Draguhn, A ^a   Bruckner C ^a   Heinemann, U ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bromide; Carboanhydrase; Epileptiform discharges; GABAergic inhibition; Membrane excitability; pH

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; SODIUM BROMIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PH; RAT;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BROMIDES; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033956014     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002109900162     Document Type: Article

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