Levetiracetam inhibits the high-voltage-activated Ca2+ current in pyramidal neurones of rat hippocampal slices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 5-8

  Niespodziany, Isabelle ^a   Klitgaard, Henrik ^a   Margineanu, Doru Georg ^a  

^a UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CA1 pyramidal neurones; Epilepsy; High voltage activated Ca2+ current; Hippocampal slice; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ETIRACETAM; NIMODIPINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NIMODIPINE; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIRACETAM; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS;

EID: 0035933671     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01884-5     Document Type: Article

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