Antiepileptic efficacy of topiramate: Assessment in two in vitro seizure models

Brain Research

Volumn 872, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 20-28

  Jahromi, Shokrollah S ^a   Pelletier, Marc R ^a   McDonald, Patrick J ^b   Khosravani, Houman ^a   Carlen, Peter L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic; Hippocampus; In vitro seizure models; Piriform cortex; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; KAINIC ACID; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0034725904     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02410-0     Document Type: Article

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