Upregulation of gap junction connexin 32 with epileptiform activity in the isolated mouse hippocampus

Neuroscience

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 589-598

  Li, J ^a   Shen, H ^a   Naus, C C G ^b   Zhang, L ^a   Carlen, P L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Carbenoxolone; Connexins; Epileptiform activity; Mouse isolated hippocampus; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BICUCULLINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPILEPSY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035881359     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00204-4     Document Type: Article

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