Selective suppression of hippocampal region hyperexcitability related to seizure susceptibility in epileptic El mice by the GABA-transporter inhibitor tiagabine

Brain Research

Volumn 947, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 212-217

  Fueta, Yukiko ^a   Schwarz, Wolfgang ^b   Ohno, Koki ^a   Endo, Yutaka ^a   Mita, Takashi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c KYUSHU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; El mouse; Epilepsy; GABA; Hippocampus; Paired pulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TIAGABINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0037199791     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02927-X     Document Type: Article

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