Kainate, a double agent that generates seizures: Two decades of progress

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 580-587

  Ben Ari, Yehezkel ^a   Cossart, Rosa ^a  

^a Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 3,4 DIHYDRO 4 METHYL 3 METHYLCARBAMOYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SEAWEED; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; SEIZURES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034333266     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01659-3     Document Type: Review

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