Effects of the anticonvulsant retigabine on cultured cortical neurons: Changes in electroresponsive properties and synaptic transmission

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 921-927

  Otto, James F ^a   Kimball, Matthew M ^a   Wilcox, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RETIGABINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FETUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMATES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036210933     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.61.4.921     Document Type: Article

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