An examination of calcium current function on heterotopic neurons in hippocampal slices from rats exposed to methylazoxymethanol

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-321

  Calcagnotto, Maria Elisa ^a   Baraban, Scott C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Dysplasia; Epilepsy; Heterotopia; Ion channel; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ARGINYL POLYAMINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CLONIDINE; ISOPRENALINE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL; NIFEDIPINE; NORADRENALIN; OMEGA AGATOXIN; OMEGA AGATOXIN TK; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; PHENYLEPHRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECORDING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHORISTOMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0037345806     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.41102.x     Document Type: Article

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