Involvement of Ca2+ channels in abnormal excitability of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells in noda epileptic rats

Journal Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-144

  Kiura, Yoshihiro ^a   Hanaya, Ryosuke ^a   Serikawa, Tadao ^b   Kurisu, Kaoru ^a   Sakai, Norio ^a   Sasa, Masashi ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nagisa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channel; Hippocampal slice; Intracellular recording; Noda epileptic rat

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM ION; LEAD CHLORIDE; NICARDIPINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0038363992     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.91.137     Document Type: Article

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