Mutations in high-voltage-activated calcium channel genes stimulate low-voltage-activated currents in mouse thalamic relay neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 6362-6371

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Mori, Mayra ^a   Burgess, Daniel L ^a   Noebels, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Ca2+ currents; Calcium ion channel mutation; Lethargic; Stargazer; Thalamocortical relay cells; Tottering

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; DNA; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEADY STATE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0036703484     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-15-06362.2002     Document Type: Article

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