The effects of gabapentin on different ligand- and voltage-gated currents in isolated cortical neurons

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-248

  Stefani, Alessandro ^a,b   Spadoni, Francesca ^b   Giacomini, Patrizia ^c   Lavaroni, Franco ^b   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Calcium currents; Calcium dependent potassium currents

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0035282239     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(00)00201-1     Document Type: Article

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