The novel anticonvulsant retigabine activates M-currents in Chinese hamster ovary-cells tranfected with human KCNQ2/3 subunits

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 73-76

  Rundfeldt, Chris ^a   Netzer, Rainer ^b  

^a Arzneimittelwerk Dresden GmbH   (Germany)

^b GENION Forschungsgesellschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Benign familial neonatal convulsions; Epilepsy syndrome; K+ channel opener; Linopirdine

Indexed keywords

LINOPIRDINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; RETIGABINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMATES; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNQ3 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034677733     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00866-1     Document Type: Article

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