Effects of topiramate on sustained repetitive firing and spontaneous recurrent seizure discharges in cultured hippocampal neurons

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 40-44

  DeLorenzo, Robert J ^a,b   Sombati, Sompong ^a   Coulter, Douglas A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampal neuron; Na+ channels; Seizures; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TOPIRAMATE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; FRUCTOSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENYTOIN; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034128349     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb02170.x     Document Type: Article

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