Topiramate modulates GABA-evoked currents in murine cortical neurons by a nonbenzodiazepine mechanism

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  White, H Steve ^a   Brown, S Douglas ^a   Woodhead, J H ^a   Skeen, Gwendolyn A ^a   Wolf, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; GABA; Glutamate; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; PENTETRAZOLE; TOPIRAMATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLONAZEPAM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FLUMAZENIL; FRUCTOSE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RECEPTORS, GABA; SEIZURES;

EID: 0034074118     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb02165.x     Document Type: Article

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