Anticonvulsant actions of lamotrigine on spontaneous thalamocortical rhythms

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 342-349

  Gibbs III, John W ^a   Zhang, Yun Fu ^a   Ahmed, Hasan S ^b   Coulter, Douglas A ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant drug; Clonic seizure; Generalized absence epilepsy; Generalized tonic; Lamotrigine (Lamictal); Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM ION; LAMOTRIGINE;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; ION CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNESIUM; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; THALAMUS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0036217438     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.34500.x     Document Type: Article

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