Effects of taurine and glycine on epileptiform activity induced by removal of Mg2+ in combined rat entorhinal cortex-hippocampal slices

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1145-1152

  Kirchner, Anne ^a   Breustedt, Jorg ^a   Rosche, Berit ^a   Heinemann, Uwe F ^a   Schmieden, Volker ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GlyRs; Interictal discharges; Late recurrent discharges; Seizure like events; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MAGNESIUM; SARCOSINE; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IC 50; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; TAURINE;

EID: 0042415729     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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