The antiepileptic drug losigamone decreases the persistent Na+ current in rat hippocampal neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 920, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 27-31

  Gebhardt, C ^a   Breustedt, J M ^a   Noldner M ^b   Chatterjee, S S ^b   Heinemann, U ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DR WILLMAR SCHWABE GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Losigamone; Persistent sodium current

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CATION; CESIUM; CESIUM FLUORIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLUCONIC ACID; LOSIGAMONE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PIPETTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FURANS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 0035976512     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02863-3     Document Type: Article

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