Modulation of absence seizures by the GABA(A) receptor: A critical role for metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGluR4)

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 6218-6224

  Snead III, O Carter ^a,c,d   Banerjee, P K ^a,c,d   Burnham, McIntyre ^a,b   Hampson, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Division of Neurology   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; GABA; Group III metabotropic glutamate receptors; MGluR4; Thalamocortical; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PENTETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPTOGENESIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0034663006     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-16-06218.2000     Document Type: Article

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