Gabapentin and vigabatrin increase GABA in the human neocortical slice

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-210

  Errante, Laura D ^a   Williamson, Anne ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a   Petroff, Ognen A C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Gamma aminobutyric; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Neocortical slice; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; PERCHLORIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMAN; IN VITRO; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIGABATRIN; AMINES; ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035990460     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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