Involvement of Gap Junctions in the Manifestation and Control of the Duration of Seizures in Rats In Vivo

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1596-1600

  Gajda, Zita ^a   Gyengési, Erika ^a   Hermesz, Edit ^a   Said Ali, K ^a   Szente, Magdolna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

4 AP induced seizure; Carbenoxolone; Connexins; Gap junctions; Trimethylamine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CARBENOXOLONE; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNEXIN 32 GENE; CONNEXIN 36 GENE; CONNEXIN 43 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FACILITATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; ICTAL DISCHARGE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; METHYLAMINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0346103733     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2003.25803.x     Document Type: Article

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